st st st st
1.stWhichstdescribesstthestincidencestofsthypertensionstinstthestUnitedstStates?st
-stcorrectstanswer✔ ✔ 33%stofstpeoplesthavesthypertension.
2.stWhichstclassificationsstofsthypertensionstarestconsideredstsubtypesstthatstar
estbasedstonstetiology?st-stcorrectstanswer✔ ✔ Primarysthypertension
Secondarysthypertension
Malignantsthypertension
3.stWhichstfactorsstcanstcausestsecondarysthypertension?st-stcorrectstanswer✔
✔ Havingstastrenalstdisease
Beingstdiagnosedstwithstcertainstendocrinestdisorders
4.stWhichstfactorsstarestassociatedstwithstessential,storstprimary,sthypertension
?st-stcorrectstanswer✔ ✔ Obesity
Highstintakestofstsaltystfoods
, Largestconsumptionstofstalcohol
Prolongedstorstrecurrentststress
5.stWhichstbloodstpressurestscreeningstresultstforstanstadultstpatient,stonsttwostse
paratestoccasionsstoverstast24-
hourstperiod,stsupportsstastdiagnosisstofsthypertension?st-stcorrectstanswer✔
✔ 140/90stmmstHg
1.stWhichstisstthestlocationstwherestreninstisstproduced?st-stcorrectstanswer✔
✔ Juxtaglomerularstcellsstofstthestkidney
2.stMatchstthesttermstwithstitsstcorrectstdescription.st-stcorrectstanswer✔ ✔
ConvertsstangiotensinstIsttostangiotensinstII:stAngiotensin-
convertingstenzymest(ACE)
Producesstangiotensin-convertingstenzyme:stLungs
Triggersstthestkidneyssttostabsorbstsodiumstandstwater:stAldosterone