Acute Escherichia coli gastroenteritis infection is associated with an increased risk of hypertension up to eight years later, research suggests.
Following an outbreak of E. coli, researchers found people who experienced acute gastroenteritis were 30% more likely to develop hypertension than those who were not ill or only mildly ill at the time.
Those who fell acutely ill were also three times as likely to develop renal impairment, assessed by both urinary microalbumin levels and estimated glomerular filtration rate, the study found, and twice as likely to have a cardiovascular event in the following eight years.
The findings were based on questionnaires, physical examinations and laboratory assessments of almost 2000 adults in Walkerton, Canada, when the com-munity's water supply was contaminated with...
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