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Schematic illustration of differences in susceptibility to hypertension-induced renal damage (HIRD) between patients with essential hypertension (benign and malignant nephrosclerosis) and those with diabetic and non-diabetic CKD with respect to BP thresholds and slopes of the relationship between BP and HIRD (Reproduced from Ref. 5 with permission).
