Does hypertension increase cardiovascular mortality in Chinese adults?
Hypertension affects about one-third of Chinese adults, and its poor diagnosis and control are associated with significant excess mortality.
About one-third of Chinese adults in this national cohort population had hypertension. The levels of diagnosis, treatment, and control were much lower than in Western populations, and were associated with significant excess mortality.
Lewington et al. (Mon,) studied this question.
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