TY  - JOUR
T1  - Atherogenic vascular stiffness and hypertension: Cause or effect?
AU  - Mukherjee D
Y1  - 2012/09/05
N1  - 10.1001/2012.jama.10931
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 919
EP  - 920
VL  - 308
IS  - 9
N2  - 
Hypertension is a common clinical condition that affects more than 73 million adults (approximately 1 in 3) in the United States1- 3; the lifetime risk of developing hypertension has been estimated to be as high as 90%.4 Hypertension is also a global problem with the estimated total number of adults with hypertension worldwide in 2000 at 972 million with 333 million in developed countries and 639 million in developing countries.5 By 2025, the prevalence of hypertension is predicted to increase by about 60% to a total of 1.56 billion adults.1,5

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/2012.jama.10931
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2012.jama.10931
ER  -