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Elevation of C‐Reactive Protein in People With Prehypertension
- Source :
- J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2004.
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Abstract
- The objective of this study was to determine the relationship of C‐reactive protein (CRP) and blood pressure (BP) across the range of BP categories including prehypertension. The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) data collected from 1988 to 1994 were analyzed. In unadjusted analyses, there was a step‐wise increase in the probability of elevated CRP across a wide range of BP categories. Prehypertensive participants had a higher prevalence of elevated CRP than normotensive people (27.4% vs. 19.8%; p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Blood Pressure
Prehypertension
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Internal Medicine
Humans
Medicine
Aged
biology
business.industry
C-reactive protein
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
Nutrition Surveys
medicine.disease
Original Papers
United States
Confidence interval
Surgery
C-Reactive Protein
Blood pressure
Hypertension
biology.protein
Female
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Body mass index
Biomarkers
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17517176 and 15246175
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Clinical Hypertension
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....791bfcf1d1c31eb979677c922b330da3