Long term trends in control of hypertension in the Northern Sweden MONICA study 1986-2009

A large proportion of treated hypertensive subjects do not achieve target blood pressure (BP) levels. We investigated trends in treatment and BP levels in the population, and among treated hypertensive subjects in northern Sweden. The six Northern Sweden MONICA population surveys 1986 to 2009, inclu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC public health 2015-09, Vol.15 (1), p.957-957, Article 957
Hauptverfasser:	Törmä, Ellinor, Carlberg, Bo, Eriksson, Marie, Jansson, Jan-Håkan, Eliasson, Mats
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Antihypertensive drugs Blood Pressure - drug effects Blood Pressure Determination Cardiovascular Diseases - complications Care and treatment Cohort blood pressure hypertension trend Development and progression Diabetes Female Health Surveys - statistics & numerical data Humans Hypertension Hypertension - drug therapy Hypertension - etiology Male Middle Aged Obesity, Abdominal - complications Patient outcomes Public health Risk Factors Surveys Sweden
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Zusammenfassung:	A large proportion of treated hypertensive subjects do not achieve target blood pressure (BP) levels. We investigated trends in treatment and BP levels in the population, and among treated hypertensive subjects in northern Sweden. The six Northern Sweden MONICA population surveys 1986 to 2009, included 6342 subjects aged 45 to 74 years of age, participation rate 79.3%. Factors associated with lack of BP control are presented for 1106 participants in 2009. BP control was defined as a systolic BP
ISSN:	1471-2458 1471-2458
DOI:	10.1186/s12889-015-2280-6