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FIG. 27:  The interactions between sleep apnea and high blood pressure were recognized by the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC) of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).  The JNC VI report suggested a number of years ago that we should consider OSA as a cause of resistant hypertension, particularly in obese patients.[13]  The JNC 7 report, which came out subsequently, listed sleep apnea as first on the list of causes of secondary hypertension.[14]    

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References

[13]

The sixth report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Arch Intern Med. 1997;157:2413–2446.

[14]

Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, et al;, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure; National High Blood Pressure Education Program Coordinating Committee. The seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report. JAMA. 2003;289:2560–2572.