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CONTENTS: BACKGROUND AND HISTORICAL ASPECTS: Hypertension: Definitions, Natural Histories, and Consequences Sir George Pickering Afterword to Chapter 1: Modern Definitions and Expressions of Hypertension Thomas G. Pickering The Goldblatt Experiment: A Conceptual Paradigm Peter J. Goldblatt The Vascular Fault in Hypertension: Byrom's Work Revisited John M. Ledingham. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF HYPERTENSION: Does Hypertension Predispose to Coronary Disease? Conflicting Epidemiological and Experimental Evidence Austin E. Doyle Genetic Epidemiology of Blood Pressure Ryk Ward Low Birth Weight as a Risk Factor for Juvenile and Adult Hypertension Glenn M. Chertow and Barry M. Brenner Hypertension, Other Risk Factors, and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease William B. Kannel and Peter W. F. Wilson Human Population Biology and Blood Pressure: Evolutionary and Ecological Considerations and Interpretations of Population Studies Gary D. James and Paul Baker Impact of Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure on Cardiovascular Mortality James D. Neaton, Lewis Kuller, Jeremiah Stamler, and Deborah N. Wentworth Epidemiology and Treatment of Hypertension in Older Persons Adrian M. Ostfeld, Richard J. Havlik, and Jack Guralnik Hypertension in Women Ellen Cohen, Mary E. (Polly) Wheat, Deborah M. Swiderski, and Pamela Charney High Blood Pressure in Blacks: Salt, Slavery, Survival, Stress, and Racism Clarence E. Grim, James P. Henry, and Hector Myers Childhood Hypertension Alan R. Sinaiko Hypertension in the Elderly Richard L. Byyny Public Health Issues in Hypertension Control: What Has Been Learned from Clinical Trials Jeffrey A. Cutler, Bruce M. Psaty, Stephen MacMahon, and Curt D. Furberg. DIET AND HYPERTENSION: Blood Pressure and Sodium Intake Olaf F. Simpson Dietary Sodium Restriction in Hypertension John D. Swales Dietary K $PL, Na, and Cardiovascular Integrity in Experimental Models of Hypertension Louis Tobian Blood Pressure and K $PL Intake R. C. Morris, Jr., and Anthony Sebastian The Role of Dietary Protein in Hypertensive Disease: The Japanese Experience: Clinical Implications Walter M. Lovenberg and Yukio Yamori. CIRCULATORY AND TARGET ORGAN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HYPERTENSIVE DISEASE: Hemodynamic Patterns of Untreated Hypertensive Disease Per Lund-Johansen and Per Omvik Evaluation of Arterial Waveforms in Hypertension and Normotension Michael F. O'Rourke and Raymond P. Kelly Blood Viscosity as a Factor in Human Hypertension Shu Chien and Ann Chabanal Vascular Compliance and Blood Volume in Essential Hypertension Michael E. Safar, G erard E. Plante, and G erard M. London Red Blood Cell Mass/Erythropoietin and Blood Pressure: Lessons from Patients with Renal Disease Joseph W. Eschbach and Robert C. Davidson Interactions Between the Sympathetic Nervous System and the Renin-Angiotensin System Guiseppe Mancia, Antonio Saino, and Guido Grassi Hypertensive Cardiac Hypertrophy: Pathophysiologic and Clinical Characteris