title: Is 2015 the primetime year for prehypertension? Prehypertension: a cardiovascular risk factor or simply a risk marker?
authors.affiliation: Cardiology/Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX (G.B.H., S.S.V., H.J.).
authors.forename: Gabriel B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.affiliation: Cardiology/Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX (G.B.H., S.S.V., H.J.).
authors.forename: Salim S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Virani
authors.affiliation: Cardiology/Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX (G.B.H., S.S.V., H.J.).
authors.forename: Hani
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jneid
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D058246:Prehypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology*
keywords: Editorials; coronary heart disease; hypertension; meta‐analysis; prehypertension