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The stages of hypertension include elevated, stage 1, stage 2 and hypertensive crisis. These readings are above 120/80 mm Hg.

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Conclusion Urbanisation, living at high altitude and hypertension were associated with accelerated lung function decline in a population with low daily smoking prevalence. Contributors CHM, MRG and WC ...

1 Physiological Research Group of the Ministry of Railroad, Beijing, People's Republic of China 2 National Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine, High Altitude Medical Research Institute, Qinghai, ...

1 Two well-established clinical practice guidelines on hypertension include the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, ...

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