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Hypertension is classified by cause as either [[Essential hypertension|primary (essential) hypertension]], which means high blood pressure with no obvious underlying medical cause; or [[secondary hypertension]]; whichabout means high blood pressure with an identifiable cause such as kidney disease, narrowing90–95% of thecases aortaare or kidney arteries, or endocrine disorders suchcategorized as excessprimary cortisolhypertension orwhich excessmeans aldosterone.high 90–95%blood ofpressure hypertensionwith isno categorizedobvious asunderlying primary hypertension;]medical cause.<ref name="pmid10645931">{{cite journal |author=Carretero OA, Oparil S |title=Essential hypertension. Part I: definition and etiology |journal=Circulation |volume=101 |issue=3 |pages=329–35 |date=January 2000 |pmid=10645931 |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/101/3/329.long |doi=10.1161/01.CIR.101.3.329|last2=Oparil }}</ref> The remaining 5–10% of hypertension iscases categorized as secondary hypertension. is caused by other conditions that affect the kidneys, arteries, heart or endocrine system.
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