Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and risk factors associated with hypertension in the Iranian population: the national survey of risk factors for noncommunicable …

A Esteghamati, M Abbasi, S Alikhani… - American journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background The prevalence of hypertension in the Middle East is not well defined. We
examined the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Iran …

Nationwide survey of prevalence and risk factors of prehypertension and hypertension in Iranian adults

M Janghorbani, M Amini, MM Gouya… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of
prehypertension (Pre-HTN) and hypertension (HTN) among the adult population of Iran …

Prevalence of hypertension among individuals aged 50 years and over and its impact on health related quality of life in a semi-rural area of western Turkey

A Didem, A Unal, U Alaettin, T Mustafa - Chinese medical journal, 2008 - mednexus.org
Background Hypertension is common, especially in individuals aged 40 years and over, and
it affects about half of the population aged 60 years and over. This study aimed to determine …

High prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in hypertensive rural Chinese women

X Zhang, Z Sun, D Zhang, L Zheng, S Liu, C Xu… - Acta …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background—The metabolic syndrome has become a major public health issue worldwide.
This study was designed to evaluate and compare the epidemiological features of the …

[PDF][PDF] Distribution of blood pressure and evaluation of risk factors for hypertension among women in turkey

U Ayranci, A Unsal, M Tozun - 2008 - sid.ir
Background: The aim was to investigate the distribution of blood pressure (BP) and evaluate
some of the risk factors connected to hypertension. This study was deemed important and …