1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension
Clinical and Experimental HypertensionPublished 1 January 1999
J Chalmers, S MacMahon, G Mancia, J Whitworth, L Beilin, L Hansson
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These guidelines represent the fourth revision of theWHO-ISH Guidelines and were finalised after presentation and discussion at the 7th WHO-ISH Meeting on Hypertension, Fukuoka, Japan, 29th Sept-1st Oct, 1998.
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The present Guidelines were prepared by the Guidelines Sub-Committee of the World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension (WHO-ISH) Mild Hypertension Liaison Committee, the members of which are listed at the end of the text. These guidelines represent the fourth revision of the WHO-ISH Guidelines and were finalised after presentation and discussion at the 7th WHO-ISH Meeting on Hypertension, Fukuoka, Japan, 29th Sept-1st Oct, 1998. Previous versions of the Guidelines were published in Bull WHO 1993, 71:503-517 and J Hypertens 1993, 11:905-918.
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237 Citations1990J. KJEKSHUS, E A Gilpin +4 more
Data suggest a beneficial effect, but a definitive answer regarding the benefit of beta-blockade in diabetic patients after acute myocardial infarction would require a prospective, randomized study.
BMJVegetarian diet in mild hypertension: a randomised controlled trial.
234 Citations1986B. M. Margetts, Lawrence J. Beilin +2 more
In untreated subjects with mild hypertension, changing to a vegetarian diet may bring about a worthwhile fall in systolic blood pressure.
European Heart JournalEffects of beta-blocker therapy on mortality in patients with heart failure: A systematic overview of randomized controlled trials
230 Citations1997Robert N. Doughty, Anthony Rodgers +2 more
Beta-blocker therapy is likely to reduce mortality in patients with heart failure, but large-scale, long-term randomized trials are still required to confirm and quantify more precisely the benefit suggested by this overview.
DiabetesAlbuminuria and Poor Glycemic Control Predict Mortality in NIDDM
221 Citations1995Mari-Anne Gall, Knut Borch-Johnsen +3 more
It is concluded that abnormally elevated urinary albumin excretion and poor glycemic control indicate a substantially increased allcause, mainly cardiovascular, mortality risk in NIDDM patients.
JAMADiabetes and the Risk of Stroke
208 Citations1987Robert D. Abbott
It is concluded that diabetes, even in a possibly undiagnosed subset of hyperglycemic individuals, imparts an additional independent risk of stroke unexplained by clinically measured risk factors.
HypertensionReference Values for 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Based on a Prognostic Criterion
207 Citations1998Takayoshi Ohkubo, Yutaka Imai +5 more
This is the first report to propose reference values for 24-hour ABP based on a prognostic criterion, and identified the following blood pressure ranges that predict the best prognosis: 120 to 133 mm Hg for systolic blood pressure and 65 to 78 mm HG for diastolicBlood pressure.
Annals of EpidemiologyEpidemiologic findings on body mass and blood pressure in adults
204 Citations1991Jeremiah Stamler
According to us, the association between RW and BP and HAP was independently validated, and it was also shown that indices of relative weight (RW) were associated with electrocardiography-demonstrated left ventricular hypertrophy, one of the well-known consequences of sustained high BP (HBP).
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