| Table 11-3. Identifiable causes of hypertension. |
Sleep apnea |
Drug-induced or drug-related |
Chronic kidney disease |
Primary aldosteronism |
Renovascular disease |
Long-term corticosteroid therapy and Cushing's syndrome |
Pheochromocytoma |
Coarctation of the aorta |
Thyroid or parathyroid disease |
From Chobanian AV et al: 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. |