May 1, 2008Canadian Medical Association JournalOpen Access

Prevalence and incidence of hypertension from 1995 to 2005: a population-based study

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Population

Adults aged 20 years and older in Ontario, Canada (population >12 million).

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

10 years (1995 to 2005)

Authors

KTKaren TuPreventive Cardiology ZCZhuo ChenTung Fang Design Institute LLLorraine L. LipscombeUniversity of Toronto

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Implication

May signal rising cardiovascular risk; extends prior global projections with Canadian cohort data.

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Population

Adults aged 20 years and older in Ontario, Canada (population >12 million).

Outcome

Trends in prevalence of hypertension from 1995 to 2005 and incidence from 1997 to 2004

The prevalence of hypertension in Ontario increased by 60% from 1995 to 2005, far exceeding previous global predictions and highlighting an urgent need for public health strategies.

Limitations

Administrative data do not capture actual blood pressure measurements
Unable to capture undiagnosed hypertension
Algorithm misses up to 28% of cases compared to primary care chart audits
Women visit physicians more often, potentially affecting sex-based differences in prevalence
Missing data from physicians paid under alternate funding plans

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Tu et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2049d5284a522d2e2ecf58 https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071283

Topics

Hypertension management

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Prevalence and incidence of hypertension from 1995 to 2005: a population-based study

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Prevalence and incidence of hypertension from 1995 to 2005: a population-based study

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

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