Background Risk factors for raised blood pressure include obesity, physical inactivity, high
dietary salt intake, stress, and high alcohol consumption. Much less is known about the …

Background Effectiveness of a non-physician community health-care provider-led intensive
blood pressure intervention on cardiovascular disease has not been established. We aimed …

Background The highest burden of hypertension is found in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with
a threefold greater mortality from stroke and other associated diseases. Ethnicity is known to …

Introduction Previous research from the Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists'
Collaboration (BPLTTC) and others has shown that pharmacological blood pressure (BP) …

Background The prevalence of hypertension continues to rise in low-and middle-income-
countries (LMICs) where scalable, evidence-based interventions (EBIs) that are designed to …

Background Hypertension is an urgent public health problem. Consistent summary from
natural and quasi-experiments employed to evaluate interventions that aim at preventing or …

Despite the overwhelming evidence supporting the effectiveness of antihypertensive
medication, hypertension remains poorly controlled in low and middle-income countries …

Background Hypertension is a significant contributor to mortality in India. Achieving better
hypertension control rate at the population level is critical in reducing cardiovascular …

Epidemiological evidence has consistently shown that people with higher systolic or
diastolic blood pressure are at greater risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, there has …

Background This is the first update of this review first published in 2009. When treating
elevated blood pressure, doctors usually try to achieve a blood pressure target. That target is …