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Treating prehypertension: a review of the evidence.
Current hypertension reports - 1 Aug 2008
Kaplan Norman M
Abstract excerpt
Although the term "prehypertension" has been challenged by some, its use to define people with systolic blood pressure (BP) between 120 and 139 mm Hg and/or diastolic pressures between 80 and 89 mm Hg has gained general acceptance. The category includes as many people as the number who have hypertension, defined as blood pressure of 140/90 or above. Such people are clearly at an increased risk of cardiovascular...
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