Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control, and Associated Factors in Adults in Southern China
Author(s) -
Junping Wen,
Jin Tang,
Yong H. Zhang,
Yan Xu,
Jin Lin,
Jian S. Li,
Xiang Qian Lao,
Wilson Tam,
Martin C. S. Wong,
Ignatius Tak-sun Yu
Publication year - 2012
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.2012.11
Subject(s) - medicine , china , blood pressure , southern china , environmental health , political science , law
Hypertension is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Little information exists on the status of hypertension among southern Chinese. We therefore investigated the hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and associated factors in a southern Chinese population with 85 million residents.
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