The document summarizes guidelines from the American Heart Association and other organizations for preventing, detecting, evaluating, and managing high blood pressure in adults. It references three studies from 2017 that establish new guidelines lowering the threshold for stage 1 hypertension. It also references a 2011 book on metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease from the American Heart Association.
The document summarizes guidelines from the American Heart Association and other organizations for preventing, detecting, evaluating, and managing high blood pressure in adults. It references three studies from 2017 that establish new guidelines lowering the threshold for stage 1 hypertension. It also references a 2011 book on metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease from the American Heart Association.
The document summarizes guidelines from the American Heart Association and other organizations for preventing, detecting, evaluating, and managing high blood pressure in adults. It references three studies from 2017 that establish new guidelines lowering the threshold for stage 1 hypertension. It also references a 2011 book on metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease from the American Heart Association.
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