Executive summary Elevated blood pressure is the strongest modifiable risk factor for
cardiovascular disease worldwide. Despite extensive knowledge about ways to prevent as …

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hypertension—rather than blood pressure—guidelines, societies, and leagues, and the …

High blood pressure is a leading modifiable cause of premature death and one of WHO's
global targets for the prevention of non-communicable diseases. Monitoring high blood …

In global-health politics, cardiovascular disease is the elephant in the room—a massive
problem that few want to acknowledge and even fewer want to tackle. In today's Lancet …

Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost
treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of …

Background Hypertension is the leading risk factor contributing to the global burden of
disease. We aimed to assess the change in blood pressure management between 1994 and …

Background Few studies have assessed the extent and distribution of the blood-pressure
burden worldwide. The aim of this study was to quantify the global burden of disease related …

Background Reliable information about the prevalence of hypertension in different world
regions is essential to the development of national and international health policies for …

Raised blood pressure is the most important risk factor in the global burden of disease. 1
Although there is robust evidence to show that lowering blood pressure can substantially …

Hypertension remains the most common risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality. Its incidence is rising in both ageing and obese populations, but its control remains …