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Vasoregulation and renal function in essential hypertension
It is well known from population studies that blood pressure tends to increase
with age (Master et al., 1950; Hamilton et al., 1954; Zinner et al., 1971; Kahn
et al., 1972; Buck, 1973; Kimura, 1973; Miall and Chinn, 1973), at least in
Western society. Any upward deviation from this "normal" trend can thus be
considered to represent a development into the hypertensive range. A hypertensive
individual distinguishes himself by an earlier or steeper increase in
blood pressure.
Once a diagnosis of essential hypertension has been established by excluding
known causes of elevated blood pressure, the follow-up of these patients is
mainly based on repetitive blood pressure readings.
Many studies have been carried out with respect to the epidemiology of
hypertension. Such investigations provide information about the incidence
and end-points of hypertension but this concerns only the easily accessible part
of the disorder