TY - JOUR AU - Kim, Min-Ju AU - Lim, Nam-Kyoo AU - Park, Hyun-Young PY - 2012 DA - 2012/11/09 TI - Relationship between prehypertension and chronic kidney disease in middle-aged people in Korea: the Korean genome and epidemiology study JO - BMC Public Health SP - 960 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a major risk factor for the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, little is known about the influence of prehypertension on CKD. In this study, we investigated the relationship between prehypertension and CKD in a middle-aged Korean population. Furthermore, we prospectively evaluated the effect of active BP control on deterioration of kidney function during the two-year follow-up. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-960 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-12-960 ID - Kim2012 ER -