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Title
Glycated hemoglobin and risk of hypertension in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study.
Authors
Bower, Julie K; Appel, Lawrence J; Matsushita, Kunihiro; Young, J Hunter; Alonso, Alvaro; Brancati, Frederick L; Selvin, Elizabeth
Abstract
Diabetes and hypertension often co-occur and share risk factors. Hypertension is known to predict diabetes. However, hyperglycemia also may be independently associated with future development of hypertension. We investigated glycated hemoglobin (HbA(1c)) as a predictor of incident hypertension.