Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in China: Results From a National Survey

BACKGROUND Hypertension is one of the major risk factor for cardiovascular disease worldwide. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in China. METHODS A multistage, stratified sampling method was used to obtain a representativ...

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Published in:	American journal of hypertension Vol. 27; no. 11; pp. 1355 - 1361
Main Authors:	Wang, Jinwei, Zhang, Luxia, Wang, Fang, Liu, Lisheng, Wang, Haiyan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Oxford University Press 01.11.2014
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Alcohol Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Antihypertensives Asian Continental Ancestry Group - psychology Awareness Blood pressure Blood Pressure - drug effects Cardiovascular disease China - epidemiology Diabetes Epidemiology Family medical history Female Health Behavior - ethnology Health Care Surveys Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - ethnology Health surveys Humans Hypertension Hypertension - diagnosis Hypertension - drug therapy Hypertension - ethnology Hypertension - physiopathology Hypertension - psychology Kidney diseases Life Style - ethnology Lifestyles Male Middle Aged Original Prevalence Public health Risk Factors Risk Reduction Behavior Rural areas Sex Distribution Sex Factors Treatment Outcome Young Adult China blood pressure epidemiology prevalence hypertension China
ISSN:	0895-7061, 1941-7225, 1941-7225
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