Unraveling new factors associated with hypertension

Hypertension (HTN) is a frequent condition with multifactorial cause in which genetic, fetal and environmental factors interact to result in the final phenotype of blood pressure (BP) elevation. Relevance in terms of cardiovascular and renal risk has been demonstrated in multiple epidemiological and intervention studies being one of the most powerful markers for survival. Concerned with the importance in public health and clinical settings,...