aDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital Mutua Terrassa, University of Barcelona
bDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Autonomous University, Madrid
cHypertension Unit, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
dDepartment of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo
eHypertension Unit, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid
fDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital General de L’Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
Correspondence to Alejandro de la Sierra, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Mutua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, Plaza Dr Robert, 5, 08221-Terrassa, Spain.Tel: +34 937365000, ext 1295; fax: +34 937365037; e-mail: [email protected];[email protected]
Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; ASCOT, Anglo Scandinavian Cardiac Outcome Trial; BP, blood pressure; CI, confidence interval; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; LVH, left-ventricular hypertrophy; MDRD, Modification of Diet in Renal Disease; MOR, multivariate odds ratio; NHANES, National Health and Examination Surveys; SPSS, Statistical Package for Social Sciences; UAE, urinary albumin excretion
Received 3 October, 2011
Revised 2 February, 2012
Accepted 7 March, 2012
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