By Luis Miguel Ruilope, MD, Professor, Internal Medicine, Complutense University, Head of the Hypertension Unit, 12 de Octubre Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
The animation shows that the earlier the intervention, the greater the protection it affords.
The animation shows that the earlier the intervention, the greater the protection it affords.
The size of the three stages refers to the size of the population in each stage. The biggest section is stage 1 and the smallest section is stage 3. However, it is stage 3 that has the highest intervention cost even though it accounts for only some 25% of deaths. Proper stratification of risk in stage 1 by identifying cardiovascular and renal risk factors and providing early detection of target organ damage will enable interventions, including those for cardiometabolic risk, to be more effective and more comprehensive.