Review Article

Hypertension Management in the High Cardiovascular Risk Population

Table 1

Traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

(1) Age
(2) Male gender
(3) Postmenopausal state
(4) Smoking
(5) Family history of premature coronary artery disease
(6) Hypertension
(7) Diabetes mellitus
(8) Insulin resistance
(9) Central obesity
(10) Low level of high-density lipoprotein
(11) High triglyceride levels
(12) Small dense low-density lipoprotein