Talk:Essential hypertension

A fact from Essential hypertension appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 June 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that 95% of cases of hypertension are of the essential hypertension type, and that essential hypertension has many established risk factors?

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Remove smoking. smoking is bad for sure but as stated is not related with Essential hypertension so why should be in the list of factors? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.14.40.189 (talk) 16:49, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is necessary to update the salt section

need to add the information in the new review from the Cochrane Collaboration

A modest reduction in salt intake for four or more weeks causes significant and, from a population viewpoint, important falls in blood pressure in both hypertensive and normotensive individuals, irrespective of sex and ethnic group. Salt reduction is associated with a small physiological increase in plasma renin activity, aldosterone, and noradrenaline and no significant change in lipid concentrations. These results support a reduction in population salt intake, which will lower population blood pressure and thereby reduce cardiovascular disease. The observed significant association between the reduction in 24 hour urinary sodium and the fall in systolic blood pressure, indicates that larger reductions in salt intake will lead to larger falls in systolic blood pressure. The current recommendations to reduce salt intake from 9-12 to 5-6 g/day will have a major effect on blood pressure, but a further reduction to 3 g/day will have a greater effect and should become the long term target for population salt intake.

http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f1325.short — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.229.111.127 (talk) 00:08, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted the obvious nonsense - that reducing salt has no evidence to its benefit - feel free to add your material, preferably with a reference. Szzuk (talk) 07:57, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reversed edit

Hello, I rolled back the two recent edits as there were no sources included. Please be sure to include high-quality secondary sources as per WP:MEDRS before editing the article. @DAHETAO-FC:Thank you for helping to improve the Wikipedia article. It is best to share your proposed improvements on the talk page while adjusting to the Wikipedia style of communication. Usually instructors will help as well to ensure that your hard work is sourced appropriately. Thank you again. JenOttawa (talk) 16:40, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Does the lead include information that is not present in the article? (It shouldn't.)

The lead section states, "Prevalence of essential hypertension increases with age..." but there is no subsequent mention of this in the body of the article. Moreover, there is not a "Prevalence" section. Since essential hypertension is a highly prevalent diagnosis, perhaps a "Prevalence" section should be added.

UICOM Student Z (talk) 19:48, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Lead Sentence Definition

Should the lead sentence elaborate on the definition of hypertension further such as including "defined as systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 90 mmHg on repeated measurements"? UICOM Student Z (talk) 17:01, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's a good point @UICOM Student Z, a reference to the basic value/threshold makes sense to include in the definition. Though looking at Statpearls they suggest instead "The current definition of hypertension (HTN) is systolic blood pressure (SBP) values of 130 mm Hg or more and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of more than 80 mm Hg." Do different international agencies suggest different values? If that's the case it would make the definition a little harder to agree on, but in principle I support your point that it should include the threshold itself. NourMaka (talk) 11:57, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]