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Prevalence and correlates of multiple organ damage in referred treated hypertensives: data from the ETODH study

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This study, carried out in a large cohort of treated essential hypertensives attending an out-patient hospital hypertension clinic, extends previous observations by showing that a clustering of two or three markers of organ damage (OD) has a higher prevalence than a single organ involvement. These findings call for a systematic evaluation of cardiac and extracardiac OD in treated hypertensive patients referred to a specialist setting.

A few studies have reported that hypertensive-related damage in one organ may be associated with similar alterations in other organs.1, 2 Furthermore, systematic data on the prevalence of different markers of organ damage (OD) and more importantly on their cluster in the hypertensive population are rather scanty.

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  1. Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, Clinical Research Unit, University of Milano-Bicocca and Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy

    C Cuspidi & G Mancia

  2. Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy

    C Cuspidi, C Valerio, F Negri, V Giudici, A Zanchetti & G Mancia

  3. Istituto di Medicina Cardiovascolare, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli e Regina Elena IRCCS, Milano, Italy

    C Sala & M Masaidi

  4. Centro Interuniversitario di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy

    A Zanchetti & G Mancia

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Cuspidi, C., Valerio, C., Negri, F. et al. Prevalence and correlates of multiple organ damage in referred treated hypertensives: data from the ETODH study. J Hum Hypertens 22, 801–803 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2008.56

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