A call to action and a lifecourse strategy to address the global burden of raised blood pressure on current and future generations: the Lancet Commission on hypertension
Lancet. 2016 Nov 26;388(10060):2665-2712.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31134-5.
Epub 2016 Sep 23.
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Holbæk Hospital and Centre for Individualized Medicine in Arterial Diseases (CIMA), Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. Electronic address: mho@dadlnet.dk.
2 Division of Prevention and Primary Care, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA.
3 Global NCD Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
4 Department of Pharmacology and INSERM U 970, Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.
5 Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada.
6 Department of Medicine at University Hospital of Pennsylvania and Veteran's Administration, PA, USA.
7 Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique.
8 Christian Delles: Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
9 INSERM, UMR970, Paris-Cardiovascular Research Center, F-75015, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, F-75006, Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Department of Genetics, F-75015, Paris, France.
10 The University of Western Australia-Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
11 Direccion de Investigaciones, FOSCAL and Instituto de Investigaciones MASIRA, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
12 Hypertension Clinic, Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinico, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
13 The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
14 Department of Cardiology, Ghent University and Biobanking & Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
15 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, Terni University Hospital, Terni, Italy.
16 Medical Research Council Unit on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
17 Hypertension Center, Hypertension and Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicien, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
18 Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
19 Department of Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
20 The Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.