Re: Zhou Y, Zhang R, Wang G, et al. Coexistence effect of hypertension and angiotensin II on the risk of coronary heart disease: a population-based prospective cohort study among Inner Mongolians in China. Curr Med Res Opin. 2019;35:1473–1478

Abstract

Zhou et al.1 published an elegant paper on the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in hypertensive patients with high circulating angiotensin II (Ang II) levels. The paper1 has three key findings. First, that coexistent hypertension and high circulating Ang II level may be a predictor of CHD incidence. Second, the study was carried out over a 10- year period in an inner-Mongolian minority population in China, accounting for nearly 3500 individuals. Third, the 3.17 million Mongolian inhabitants are a quantitatively relevant medical target. Moreover, data were collected under strict methodological conditions, hardly losing information over the follow-up period.