Population
6,388 individuals aged 40 years or older selected by stratified random cluster sampling in a rural area of…
Design
Cross-sectional
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Low control rates despite high treatment signal management gaps; leaves open whether targeted strategies improve outcomes in rural Asian populations.
The study highlights a high prevalence of hypertension (43.8%) but low control rates (27.2%) in a rural South Korean population over 40, emphasizing the need for targeted, sex-specific management strategies.
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