Incidence of hypertension in Porto Alegre, Brazil: a population-based study

Aortic, but not brachial blood pressure category enhances the ability to identify target organ changes in normotensives

“…If increases in aortic stiffness mediate aortic BP changes in those with normal/high normal BP values, therapeutically targeting aortic stiffness may prevent the progression to hypertension. In this regard, a normal/high-normal BP is a risk factor for the development of hypertension and progression to hypertension may occur within 10 years in 80% of those with a normal/high-normal BP [39].…”

Dyslipidemia and the risk of incident hypertension in a population of community-dwelling Brazilian elderly: the Bambuí cohort study of aging

“…To our knowledge there is only one population-based cohort study of middle-aged individuals on this issue. This study was conducted in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, South of Brazil 31 . Among 589 normotensive individuals (mean age = 39 years), 127 (21.6%) developed arterial hypertension after a mean follow-up of 5.6 years.…”

I Brazilian Position Paper on Prehypertension, White Coat Hypertension and Masked Hypertension: Diagnosis and Management

“…A study has shown that among prehypertensive individuals aged 40-49 years, the incidence of hypertension in the following years is 80% 8 . …”

“…A population-based study conducted in Brazil has reported that four out of five prehypertensive individuals aged 40-49 years developed SAH in ten years 8 .…”