Institutional hypertension control in Malaysia: a multicenter study focusing on gender and cardiovascular risk factor profile difference

Institutional hypertension control in Malaysia: a multicenter study focusing on gender and cardiovascular risk factor profile difference

The prevalence of hypertension in Malaysia is alarmingly high. The National Survey in 2006 showed 43% of people aged ⩾30 had hypertension and among treated patients, only 26% reached the target blood pressure (BP) of

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Veröffentlicht in:Hypertension research 2011-03, Vol.34 (3), p.319-324
Hauptverfasser: Oteh, Maskon, Azarisman, Shah Mohd Shah, Azreen, Syazril Adnan, Jamaluddin, Ab Rahman, Aszrin, Abdullah, Ting, Chih Kuan, Shaiful Bahri, Ismail
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Sprache:eng
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Aged
Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Female
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Humans
Hyperlipidemias - epidemiology
Hypertension - drug therapy
Hypertension - epidemiology
Internal Medicine
Kidney Diseases - epidemiology
Malaysia - epidemiology
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Myocardial Ischemia - epidemiology
Myocardial Revascularization - statistics & numerical data
Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery
original-article
Prevalence
Public Health
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Smoking - epidemiology
Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:The prevalence of hypertension in Malaysia is alarmingly high. The National Survey in 2006 showed 43% of people aged ⩾30 had hypertension and among treated patients, only 26% reached the target blood pressure (BP) of
ISSN:0916-9636
1348-4214
DOI:10.1038/hr.2010.239