Abstract
Hypertension is the most prevalent cardiovascular disorder in the United States. As many as 50 million people in this country have had elevated blood pressure diagnosed.1–3 Elevated blood pressure has been linked to an increased incidence of stroke and coronary heart disease.4,5 Treatment of elevated blood pressure decreases the associated mortality and morbidity, and control of hypertension has contributed substantially to a 57% decline in mortality from stroke and 50% in that from coronary heart disease from 1972 to 1990.1 A reduction in average population diastolic blood pressure of 5 mmHg would be expected to reduce the incidence of stroke by about one-third, resulting in the prevention of 100,000 strokes in the U.S. each year.6
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