New and Old Mechanisms Associated with Hypertension in the Elderly

<table>New mechanisms involved in hypertension in the elderly population. Telomere shortening, dysfunction of progenitor cells, increase of platelet, leukocyte, erythrocyte, and endothelial cells-derived microparticles, and epigenetic alterations together with the involvement of life style are proposed as new mechanisms associated with hypertension.</table>

International Journal of Hypertension

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Figure 2: New and Old Mechanisms Associated with Hypertension in the Elderly 