PepsiCo, Inc, Barrington, IL 60010, USA.
Cardiol Clin. 2010 Nov;28(4):665-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2010.08.001.
Hypertension is the leading risk factor for death worldwide, even surpassing tobacco use, high blood glucose, high blood cholesterol, and obesity. Globally, the estimated prevalence of hypertension is nearly 1 billion persons with an annual mortality of almost 7.5 million deaths. In the United States, hypertension affects an estimated 65 million Americans, and is the leading risk-factor cause of death in women and only second to tobacco use as a contributory cause of death in men. Multiple sources of data from prospective observational, cohort, and randomized controlled clinical trials show that hypertension and its complications are highly preventable when the raised blood pressure is prevented, or treated and controlled. To promote positive behavior change and create a broader impact on public health, it has become necessary to leverage multilevel stakeholders such as all health care providers, researchers, policy makers, schools, the food industry, and the general public to drive policy changes and future innovation from research and development endeavors, and to emphasize the importance of diet-related lifestyle modifications to effectively prevent and control hypertension and prehypertension.
高血压是全球范围内导致死亡的主要风险因素，甚至超过了烟草使用、高血糖、高胆固醇和肥胖。全球范围内，估计有近 10 亿人患有高血压，每年有近 750 万人死于高血压。在美国，估计有 6500 万美国人患有高血压，是女性死亡的主要风险因素，仅次于男性的烟草使用，是导致男性死亡的次要因素。来自前瞻性观察性、队列和随机对照临床试验的多种数据源表明，当升高的血压得到预防、治疗和控制时，高血压及其并发症是高度可预防的。为了促进积极的行为改变，并对公众健康产生更广泛的影响，有必要利用多层次的利益相关者，如所有医疗保健提供者、研究人员、政策制定者、学校、食品行业和公众，推动政策变化和未来创新，从研究和发展努力中，并强调与饮食相关的生活方式改变对有效预防和控制高血压和高血压前期的重要性。
