Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in rural and urban communities in high-, middle-, and low-income countries

Hypertension is the most important preventable cause of morbidity and mortality globally, yet there are relatively few data collected using standardized methods. To examine hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in participants at baseline in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiol...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 310; no. 9; p. 959
Main Authors:	Chow, Clara K, Teo, Koon K, Rangarajan, Sumathy, Islam, Shofiqul, Gupta, Rajeev, Avezum, Alvaro, Bahonar, Ahmad, Chifamba, Jephat, Dagenais, Gilles, Diaz, Rafael, Kazmi, Khawar, Lanas, Fernando, Wei, Li, Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio, Fanghong, Lu, Ismail, Noor Hassim, Puoane, Thandi, Rosengren, Annika, Szuba, Andrzej, Temizhan, Ahmet, Wielgosz, Andy, Yusuf, Rita, Yusufali, Afzalhussein, McKee, Martin, Liu, Lisheng, Mony, Prem, Yusuf, Salim
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 04.09.2013
Subjects:	Aged Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Blood Pressure Cross-Sectional Studies Developed Countries Developing Countries Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Hypertension - diagnosis Hypertension - drug therapy Hypertension - epidemiology Income Male Middle Aged Prevalence Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Self Report Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
ISSN:	1538-3598, 1538-3598
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