December 3, 2015Journal of Hypertension
Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in 115 rural and urban communities involving 47 000 people from China
Population
45,108 individuals, average age 51.4 years, enrolled between 2005 and 2009 from 70 rural and 45 urban…
Design
Cross-sectional
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Discussion
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Implication
Suboptimal awareness, treatment, and control rates in China warrant targeted screening; leaves open effective population-level strategies.
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Population
45,108 individuals, average age 51.4 (SD 9.6) years (range 35-70), enrolled between 2005 and 2009 from 70 rural and 45 urban communities in 12 provinces in China.
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Outcome
Blood pressure levels, prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control rates of hypertension, and drug treatments.
In a large Chinese cohort, hypertension was highly prevalent (41.9%), but awareness, treatment, and control rates remained alarmingly low, particularly in rural and western regions.
Cite This Study
Wei et al. (2015) studied this question.