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High blood pressure (hypertension) is the leading risk of death in both developed and developing countries worldwide, accounting for ∼62% of stroke and 49% of heart attack.
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In Japan, there are about 40 million patients with hypertension, being equivalent to one third of general population and most common disease.
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Elevated blood pressure accelerates the cardiovascular risk almost linearly even within normal range.
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Prevention of hypertension makes it possible to stop stroke, heart attack and kidney disease, resulting in prolonged healthy life expectancy.
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Lifestyle modification, especially with sodium intake restriction, is expected to suppress or reverse the increase in blood pressure with age.
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It is important to stimulate the research to solve the precise mechanisms causing hypertension.
This statement represents a starting point for action toward the challenge for overcoming high blood pressure.
The 35th Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hypertension: 20–22 September 2012; Nagoya, Japan.
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Kimura, G., Shimada, K. Challenge for overcoming high blood pressure: Nagoya statement 2012. Hypertens Res 35, 963 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/hr.2012.127
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