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Incidence and Predictors of Hypertension Among Rural Chinese Adults: Results From Liaoning Province

Zhaoqing Sun, Liqiang Zheng, Robert Detrano, Xingang Zhang, Changlu Xu, Jue Li, Dayi Hu and Yingxian Sun
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2010, 8 (1) 19-24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1018

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  • Published on: (14 January 2010)
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    The authors find a very high annualized incidence of hypertension, suggesting the likelihood of an enormous burden of cardiac and cerebrovascular events down the road. The associations are difficult to make much of, though. The hazard ratios, while statistically significant, are all quite low.

    The risk factor that caught my attention was salt intake. It's exceptionally high, and I wonder if its associated haz...

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    Competing Interests: None declared.
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