Gender Differences in Hypertension Treatment, Drug Utilization Patterns, and Blood Pressure Control Among US Adults With Hypertension: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004 | Zendy

Q. Gu | Zendy; Vicki Burt | Zendy; Ryne PauloseRam | Zendy; Charles Dillon | Zendy

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Gender Differences in Hypertension Treatment, Drug Utilization Patterns, and Blood Pressure Control Among US Adults With Hypertension: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004

Author(s) -

Q. Gu,

Vicki Burt,

Ryne PauloseRam,

Charles Dillon

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2008.185

Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , blood pressure , antihypertensive drug , angiotensin receptor blockers , population , cross sectional study , hypertension treatment , angiotensin converting enzyme , environmental health , pathology

National guidelines recommend the same approach for treating hypertensive men and women. It is not known, however, whether current US antihypertensive medication utilization patterns and the resulting degrees of blood pressure (BP) control are similar or different among hypertensive women and men.

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