1. Unique characteristics of Asians with hypertension: what is known and what can be done?
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Loo G, Puar T, Foo R, Ong TK, Wang TD, Nguyen QN, Chin CT, and Chin CWL
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- Humans, Prevalence, Blood Pressure, Risk Factors, Asia epidemiology, Obesity complications, Obesity epidemiology, Hyperaldosteronism complications, Hyperaldosteronism ethnology, Hyperaldosteronism epidemiology, Hypertension epidemiology, Hypertension physiopathology, Hypertension ethnology, Asian People
- Abstract
Hypertension remains the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease worldwide. Over the past 30 years, the prevalence of hypertension has been increasing in East and Southeast Asia to a greater extent as compared with other Western countries. Asians with hypertension have unique characteristics. This can be attributed to increased impact of obesity on Asians with hypertension, excessive salt intake and increased salt sensitivity, loss of diurnal rhythm in blood pressure and primary aldosteronism. The impact of hypertension on cardiovascular (particularly strokes) and chronic kidney disease is greater in Asians. These unique characteristics underpinned by the diverse socioeconomic backgrounds pose its own challenges in the diagnosis and management of hypertension in Asia., (Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)
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- 2024
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