The registry study aims to determine serial biomarkers to prognosis of Essential Hypertension

The study aims to investigate the role of candidate biomarkers in the prognosis of Essential Hypertension. In the prognosis part of the study, patients with confirmed hypertension are enrolled. The outcome is unstable angina, coronary revascularization, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, ischemic cerebral infarction, hemorrhagic cerebral infarction, transient ischemic attack, doubling of serum creatinine or end-stage renal disease (defi ned as eGFR less than 15 mL/min/1·73 m² or need for chronic dialysis) and all-cause mortality.

Inclusion Criteria:

The inclusion criteria for the study program were as follows:

Men or women of any racial background, 18 years of age and older, with systolic BP greater than or equal to160 mm Hg, and presence of three or more cardiovascular risk factors or disease.

The qualifying risk factors were male sex, age older than 50 years, verified diabetes mellitus, current smoking, high total cholesterol, left ventricular hypertrophy by electrocardiogram, proteinuria on dipstick and raised serum creatinine between 150 and 265 umol/L. The qualifying diseases were verified coronary disease, cerebrovascular disease or peripheral arterial occlusive disease, or left ventricular hypertrophy with strain pattern.

Exclusion Criteria:

The exclusion Criteria for the study program were as follows:

Secondary hypertension, pregnancy, history of heart failure or left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40%, myocardial infarction within one month, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting, cerebrovascular disease, severe liver disease, severe chronic renal failure (eGFR less than 30 mL/min/1.73 m2) in the past three months.

The case group consists of patients who was diagnosed as Essential Hypertension; control group is general population without Essential Hypertension