Pre-hypertension conference, Vienna 2011

Condition has huge public-health implications

An International Conference on Prehypertension and Cardio Metabolic Syndrome is being held in Vienna on 24-27 February 2011. The focus of the conference is broad, examining the public-health impact, identification, etiology and pathogenesis of prehypertension as well as on intervention for preventing the adverse outcomes of the condition. The topic of the conference is very important, particularly systolic blood pressure that is in the high range is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The seventh report of the High Blood Pressure defined a new blood pressure category ‘Prehypertension’, a category that is a continuum to hypertension and is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Recommendation and guidelines concerning the condition have substantial public-health importance and huge economic consequences as in most developing countries and in the urban areas of many developing countries, one in five to one in three adults fall in the category of prehypertension.

Source: Prehypertension.org.

-