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To evaluate the current detection, management, and treatment status of hypertension across an industrial workforce following proven trial efficacy of drug interventions.

October 30, 1972JAMA

Current status of hypertension control in an industrial population

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JSJ. A. Schoenberger

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Supports antihypertensive treatment in moderate-severe hypertension; leaves open definitive benefit in mild hypertension.

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To evaluate the current detection, management, and treatment status of hypertension across an industrial workforce following proven trial efficacy of drug interventions.
Initiated a systematic workplace screening survey within the Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry starting in 1967.
Assessed blood pressure distributions, identification rates, and therapeutic interventions across adult employees.
Reaffirms clinical trial evidence showing that antihypertensive drug treatment significantly prevents serious complications and death in men with moderate and severe hypertension.
Qualitatively supports the extension of therapeutic benefits to individuals with mild hypertension and to female populations despite limited historical trial data.

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J. A. Schoenberger (1972) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a947271cc4384ea2cc529eb https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.222.5.559

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