title: The INTERSTROKE Study: hypertension is by far the most important modifiable risk factor for stroke.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Cardiology , University of Oslo, Ullevaal Hospital , Oslo , Norway.
authors.forename: Sverre E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kjeldsen
authors.affiliation: b Department of Hypertension and Diabetology , Medical University of Gdansk , Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Narkiewicz
authors.affiliation: c Service of Nephrology and Hypertension , Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois , Lausanne , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burnier
authors.affiliation: d Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Department of Medicine , University of Alabama at Birmingham , AL , USA.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oparil
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*