Despite a 6% decrease over three decades, hypertension prevalence in Brazil remains high at ~30%, with worsening rates of blood pressure control.
Supports intensified BP control efforts in Brazil; extends meta-analytic data on three-decade trends in middle-income settings.
The prevalence of hypertension in Brazil seems to have diminished 6% in the last three decades, but it still is approximately 30%. Nationwide surveys by self-reporting by telephone interviews underestimate the real prevalence. Rates of blood pressure control decreased in the same period, corresponding currently to only one quarter of individuals with hypertension.
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