By: James Pitt  May. 28, 2018
People in industrialized countries have an over 90% lifetime risk of developing hypertension, according to a 2007 review in The Lancet. Many diseases cause hypertension. Primary or “essential” hypertension is defined as hypertension with no such cause. This definition is misleading because diet, exercise, and several known genes affect the risk of primary hypertension.
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