Hypertension confirmation and blood pressure control rates in epidemiological surveys

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-269

  Foguet, Quintí ^a,d   Martí, Helena ^b   Elosua, Roberto ^b   Sala, Joan ^e   Masiá, Rafael ^e   Vázquez, Susana ^c   Oliveras, Anna ^c   Bielsa, Oscar ^c   Marrugat, Jaume ^b  

^a Hospital Consortium of Vic

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e University Hospital Josep Tweta   (Spain)

Author keywords

epidemiologic studies; hypertension; hypertension awareness; hypertension confirmed; hypertension prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56149087600     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3282f3ec2f     Document Type: Article

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