Hypertension-Chronic Kidney Disease Relationships

Abstract

A large number of epidemiologic, clinical and experimental studies indicate a strong
association between hypertension (HT) and chronic kidney disease (CKD).1
Further, this
association portends an ominous prognosis. Patients with HT and CKD are at a much greater
risk for cardiovascular disease as compared with those without chronic kidney disease.1
Hypertension defined as office systolic and/or diastolic blood pressures (SBP/DBP)
equal to or greater than 140/90 mmHg, and involving about 30-40% of the world population, is
a major contributor to heart disease, stroke and renal disease.2