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What is the global burden of disease attributable to non-optimal blood pressure?
What is the global burden of disease attributable to non-optimal blood pressure?
High blood pressure is a leading cause of global disease burden, significantly higher than previously estimated, particularly affecting the developing world.
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Prioritizes BP control efforts in LMICs; leaves open precise DALY attribution in updated global models.
The burden of non-optimal blood pressure is almost double that of the only previous global estimates, which is largely explained by the correction for regression dilution adopted in these analyses. High blood pressure is a leading cause of global burden of disease, and most of it occurs in the developing world.
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Lawes et al. (2006) studied this question.
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