Association of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality with prehypertension: A meta-analysis

Conclusion: Prehypertension is associated with CVD mortality, especially with stroke mortality, but not with all-cause mortality. The risk for CVD mortality is largely driven by high-range prehypertension.

Source: American Heart Journal - November 8, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yuli Huang, Liang Su, Xiaoyan Cai, Weiyi Mai, Sheng Wang, Yunzhao Hu, Yanxian Wu, Hongfeng Tang, Dingli Xu Tags: Hypertension Source Type: research