There were no significant changes in the prevalence, awareness, treatment, or control of hypertension, nor in cardiovascular risk, among residents of high-altitude Peruvian cities between 2017 and 2023.
In participants residing in high-altitude cities in Peru, no statistically significant trends were found in the age-standardized prevalences of hypertension, disease knowledge, treatment, controlled hypertension, or cardiovascular risk between 2017 and 2023.
Ortiz-Saavedra et al. (Fri,) studied this question.