Prehypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease in Chinese Population: Four-Year Follow-Up Study.

Hypertension is a well established cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the effect of prehypertension on risk of CKD is controversial. The aim of this study is to determine whether prehypertension increases the risk of CKD events in the Chinese population. We enrolled 20,034 with prehyper...

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Main Authors: Hao Xue, Jianli Wang, Jinhong Hou, Junjuan Li, Jingsheng Gao, Shuohua Chen, Hang Zhu, Shouling Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4682865?pdf=render