While hypertension prevalence in Portugal has remained stable, awareness and control have improved, though salt intake remains excessively high.
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Stable prevalence with improved control supports ongoing programs; leaves open whether targeted salt reduction can further enhance outcomes.
Hypertension prevalence among Portuguese adults remained stable in the past decade, but proportions of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension improved significantly. Salt intake is still high being almost double the WHO recommendations.
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Polónia et al. (2014) studied this question.
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