Re: Incidence of High Blood Pressure

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

This is an even more remarkable statistic than apparent

superficially. What proportion of the population these days still

has unmedicated normal blood pressure at age 60? I don't know the

answer. But if it is 50% then only 10% of the other 50% - i.e. only

5% of the population - does not end up with hypertension.

So what are the distinguishing characteristics of that 5%?

Anyone know? I sure hope someone has studied this. And I sure hope

it is the CRers!

Rodney.

--- In , " Rodney " <perspect1111@y...>

wrote:

>

> Hi folks:

>

> The following is from the NHLBI Health Information Center:

>

> " " Study investigators recently reported the lifetime risk of

> hypertension to be approximately 90 percent for men and women who

> were nonhypertensive at 55 or 65 years and survived to age 80-85.

> Even after adjusting for competing mortality, the remaining

lifetime

> risks of hypertension were 86-90 percent in women and 81-83 percent

> in men " .

>

> The above quote was taken from page 8 in the PDF file of the

Seventh

> Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection,

> Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) on our web

> page at:

>

> http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/jnc7full.htm.

>

> That information was derived from the Framingham Heart Study. For

> additional information from this study, you may view our web page

at:

>

> http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/framingham/index.html. "

>

> I wonder if the same will apply to people on CRON at age 85?

>

> Perhaps JW's BP is simply a function of age?

>

> Rodney.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

This is an even more remarkable statistic than apparent

superficially. What proportion of the population these days still

has unmedicated normal blood pressure at age 60? I don't know the

answer. But if it is 50% then only 10% of the other 50% - i.e. only

5% of the population - does not end up with hypertension.

So what are the distinguishing characteristics of that 5%?

Anyone know? I sure hope someone has studied this. And I sure hope

it is the CRers!

Rodney.

--- In , " Rodney " <perspect1111@y...>

wrote:

>

> Hi folks:

>

> The following is from the NHLBI Health Information Center:

>

> " " Study investigators recently reported the lifetime risk of

> hypertension to be approximately 90 percent for men and women who

> were nonhypertensive at 55 or 65 years and survived to age 80-85.

> Even after adjusting for competing mortality, the remaining

lifetime

> risks of hypertension were 86-90 percent in women and 81-83 percent

> in men " .

>

> The above quote was taken from page 8 in the PDF file of the

Seventh

> Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection,

> Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) on our web

> page at:

>

> http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/jnc7full.htm.

>

> That information was derived from the Framingham Heart Study. For

> additional information from this study, you may view our web page

at:

>

> http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/framingham/index.html. "

>

> I wonder if the same will apply to people on CRON at age 85?

>

> Perhaps JW's BP is simply a function of age?

>

> Rodney.

>

[Guest guest]

No. Essential hypertension is unknown cause. Most will get higher systolic at age, but don't forget a lot of people have died before age 80, possibly of untreated or undertreated essential HTN. And a lot of strokes.

It is said, those who will get it, can be identified as early as age 6. (haven't seen the article on that as I recall). If you identify a cause it's not "essential".

I have HTN for no reason. I shouldn't have it, except my parents had it.

The nhlbi (and others) confuses by grouping all forms of high blood pressure together, and there are many of causes for those that can be identified.

A doctor will try to identify secondary causes before prescribing a drug, but most of the time (85%) he won't find one.

From what I've seen, I can never get rid of the HTN. I can only control it.

Regards.

[ ] Incidence of High Blood Pressure

Hi folks:The following is from the NHLBI Health Information Center:" "Study investigators recently reported the lifetime risk of hypertension to be approximately 90 percent for men and women who were nonhypertensive at 55 or 65 years and survived to age 80-85. Even after adjusting for competing mortality, the remaining lifetime risks of hypertension were 86-90 percent in women and 81-83 percent in men". The above quote was taken from page 8 in the PDF file of the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) on our web page at:http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/jnc7full.htm. That information was derived from the Framingham Heart Study. For additional information from this study, you may view our web page at:http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/framingham/index.html. "I wonder if the same will apply to people on CRON at age 85?Perhaps JW's BP is simply a function of age?Rodney.

[Guest guest]

No. Essential hypertension is unknown cause. Most will get higher systolic at age, but don't forget a lot of people have died before age 80, possibly of untreated or undertreated essential HTN. And a lot of strokes.

It is said, those who will get it, can be identified as early as age 6. (haven't seen the article on that as I recall). If you identify a cause it's not "essential".

I have HTN for no reason. I shouldn't have it, except my parents had it.

The nhlbi (and others) confuses by grouping all forms of high blood pressure together, and there are many of causes for those that can be identified.

A doctor will try to identify secondary causes before prescribing a drug, but most of the time (85%) he won't find one.

From what I've seen, I can never get rid of the HTN. I can only control it.

Regards.

[ ] Incidence of High Blood Pressure

Hi folks:The following is from the NHLBI Health Information Center:" "Study investigators recently reported the lifetime risk of hypertension to be approximately 90 percent for men and women who were nonhypertensive at 55 or 65 years and survived to age 80-85. Even after adjusting for competing mortality, the remaining lifetime risks of hypertension were 86-90 percent in women and 81-83 percent in men". The above quote was taken from page 8 in the PDF file of the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) on our web page at:http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/jnc7full.htm. That information was derived from the Framingham Heart Study. For additional information from this study, you may view our web page at:http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/framingham/index.html. "I wonder if the same will apply to people on CRON at age 85?Perhaps JW's BP is simply a function of age?Rodney.