The Journal of Clinical Hypertension is a peer-reviewed, monthly publication that serves internists, cardiologists, nephrologists, endocrinologists, hypertension specialists, primary care practitioners, pharmacists and all professionals interested in hypertension by providing objective, up-to-date information and practical recommendations on the full range of clinical aspects of hypertension. Commentaries and columns by experts in the field provide further insights into our original research articles as well as on major articles published elsewhere. Major guidelines for the management of hypertension are also an important feature of the Journal. Through its partnership with the World Hypertension League, JCH will include a new focus on hypertension and public health, including major policy issues, that features research and reviews related to disease characteristics and management at the population level.
For questions and information on submissions, contact: Editorial Assistant  jcheditorial@wiley.com

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Michael A. Weber, MD, New York, NY, USA
 
DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, PUBLIC HEALTH
Daniel T. Lackland, DrPH, Charleston, SC, USA
 
 SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR
George Roush, MD, New York, NY, USA
 
EDITOR IN CHIEF EMERITUS
Marvin Moser, MD, New Haven, CT, USA
 
SENIOR EDITORS
Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH, Baltimore, MD, USA
Jan Basile, MD, Charleston, SC, USA
Michael J. Bloch, MD, Reno, NV, USA
Eoin O’Brien, MD, DSc, FRCP, Dublin, Ireland
Robert M. Carey, MD, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Debbie L. Cohen, MD, Philadelphia, PA, USA
William Cushman, MD, Memphis, TN, USA
Donald J. DiPette, MD, Columbia, SC, USA
Carlos M. Ferrario, MD, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Joseph T. Flynn MD, MS, Seattle, WA, USA
Kazuomi Kario, MD,Tochigi, Japan
Daniel McGee, PhD, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Paul Muntner, PhD, Birmingham, AL, USA
Suzanne Oparil, MD, Birmingham, AL, USA
Vasilios Papademetriou, MD, Washington, DC, USA
Luis M. Ruilope, MD, Madrid, Spain
James R. Sowers, MD, Columbia, MO, USA
George Stergiou, MD, Athens, Greece
Raymond R. Townsend, MD, Villanova, PA, USA
Paul K. Whelton, MD, New Orleans, LA, USA
Bryan Williams, MD, Leicester, United Kingdom
 
 
 EDITORIAL BOARD

Kikuo Arakawa, MD,
Fukuoka, Japan	Nancy Houston Miller, RN, BSN,
Palo Alto, CA, USA
George L. Bakris, MD,
Chicago, IL, USA	Deborah S. Minor, PharmD,
Jackson, MS, USA
Lawrence Beilin, MD,
Perth, Australia	Michael A. Moore, MD,
Danville, VA, USA
John D. Bisognano, MD, PhD,
Rochester, NY, USA	Martin Myers, MD,
Toronto, Canada
Nancy Brown, MD
Nashville, TN, USA	Peter M. Nilson, MD,
Malmö, Sweden
David A. Calhoun, MD,
Birmingham, AL, USA	Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD,
New York, NY, USA  
Norman Campbell, MD,
Calgary, Canada	Marcelo Orias, MD,
Córdoba, Argentina
Barry L. Carter, PharmD,
Iowa City, IA, USA	Meyowa Owalaki, MD,
Ibadan, Nigeria
John Chalmers, MD,
Sydney, Australia	Neil Poulter, MD,
Kensington, London
Brent M. Egan, MD,
Charleston, SC, USA	C. Venkata S. Ram, MD,
Dallas, TX, USA 
Murray Epstein, MD,
Miami, FL, USA	Agastin Ramirez, MD,
Buenos Aires, Argentina 
Bonita Falkner, MD,
Philadelphia, PA, USA	José Márcio Ribeiro, MD, MS, PhD,
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD,
Atlanta, GA, USA	Clive Rosendorff, MD, PhD,
Bronx, NY, USA 
John M. Flack, MD, MPH,
Detroit, MI, USA	Ernesto L. Schiffrin, MD, PhD, FRCPC,
Montreal, Canada 
Stanley S. Franklin, MD,
Irvine, CA, USA	Aletta E. Schutte, MD,
Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
Edward D. Frohlich, MD,
New Orleans, LA, USA	John F. Setaro, MD,
New Haven, CT, USA 
John E. Hall, PhD,
Jackson, MS, USA	Peter Sever, MD,
London, England 
Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN,
Baltimore, MD, USA	Sandra J. Taler, MD,
Rochester, MN, USA 
Joseph L. Izzo Jr, MD,
Buffalo, NY, USA	Rhian Touyz, MD,
Glasgow, Scotland
Marc Jaffe, MD,
New York, NY, USA	Massimo Volpe, MD,
Rome, Italy
Kenneth A. Jamerson, MD,
Ann Arbor, MI, USA	Jiguang Wang, MD,
Shanghai, China
Daniel W. Jones, MD,
Jackson, MS, USA	Jacqui Webster, PhD,
Sydney, Australia
Norman M. Kaplan, MD,
Dallas, TX, USA	 Matthew R. Weir, MD,
Baltimore, MD, USA 
John B. Kostis, MD,
New Brunswick, NJ, USA	Adam T. Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH,
Columbia, MO, USA 
Giuseppe Mancia, MD,
Milan, Italy	William B. White, MD,
Farmington, CT, USA
Samuel J. Mann, MD,
New York, NY, USA	 Jackson T. Wright Jr, MD, PhD,
Cleveland, OH, USA 
 Barry J. Materson, MD, MBA,
Miami, FL, USA	Xin-Hua Zhang, MD,
Beijing, China
George A. Mensah, MD,
Atlanta, GA, USA