作者
Tazeen H Jafar, Juanita Hatcher, Neil Poulter, Muhammad Islam, Shiraz Hashmi, Zeeshan Qadri, Rasool Bux, Ayesha Khan, Fahim H Jafary, Aamir Hameed, Ata Khan, Salma H Badruddin, Nish Chaturvedi, Hypertension Research Group
发表日期
2009/11/3
期刊
Annals of internal medicine
卷号
151
期号
9
页码范围
593-601
出版商
American College of Physicians
简介
Background
Despite convincing evidence that lowering blood pressure decreases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, the hypertension burden remains high and control rates are poor in developing countries.
Objective
To assess the effectiveness of 2 community-based interventions on blood pressure in hypertensive adults.
Design
Cluster randomized, 2 × 2 factorial, controlled trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT00327574)
Setting
12 randomly selected communities in Karachi, Pakistan.
Patients
1341 patients 40 years or older with hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, or already receiving treatment).
Measurements
Reduction in systolic blood pressure from baseline to end …
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