Why the study?
Has blood pressure management (awareness, treatment, and control) improved in England between 2003 and 2006?
Population
16,312 noninstitutionalized adults in England, comprising nationally representative random samples of 8,834…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Persistent suboptimal control despite gains warrants renewed strategies; leaves open drivers of sex differences for prospective study.
Has blood pressure management (awareness, treatment, and control) improved in England between 2003 and 2006?
Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in England improved significantly between 2003 and 2006, particularly among women, though overall control rates remained suboptimal.
Falaschetti et al. (2009) studied this question.