Sociodemographic disparities are associated with significant variations in hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in Colombia.
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Disparities demand region-specific hypertension strategies in Colombia; leaves open causal pathways and intervention efficacy.
Overall Colombia has a high prevalence of hypertension in combination with very low levels of awareness, treatment and control; however, we found large variations within the country that appear to be associated with sociodemographic disparities.
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Camacho et al. (2016) studied this question.
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