Highlights the low rates of blood pressure control in the community, particularly among older women, emphasizing the need for improved risk reduction strategies.
Relative to current national guidelines, rates of blood pressure control in the community are low, especially among older women with hypertension. Short-term risks for cardiovascular disease are substantial, indicating the need for greater efforts at safe, effective risk reduction among the oldest patients with hypertension.
Lloyd‐Jones et al. (Tue,) studied this question.
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