Current Status and Characteristics of Hypertension Control in Community Resident Elderly Korean People: Data from a Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging (KLoSHa Study)
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Population
995 community-dwelling elderly Korean adults aged ≥65 years living in Seongnam city, Korea.
Design
Cross-sectional
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Implication
Signals inadequate control in treated elderly Koreans; leaves open whether targeted strategies improve outcomes in high-risk groups.
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Population
995 community-dwelling elderly Korean adults aged ≥65 years (mean age 76.3 years, 44.1% male) living in Seongnam city, Korea.
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Outcome
Prevalence of hypertension, treatment rate, and blood pressure control rate
In community-dwelling elderly Koreans, hypertension is highly prevalent (68.7%) but inadequately controlled (38.5%), particularly among high-risk patients with diabetes or chronic kidney disease.
Limitations
- Does not include institutionalized adults, excluding some of the sickest members of the population
- Cross-sectional design makes it difficult to draw causal relationships
Cite This Study
Kim et al. (2008) studied this question.
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