Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension

B Zhou, P Perel, GA Mensah, M Ezzati - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021 - nature.com
High blood pressure is one of the most important risk factors for ischaemic heart disease,
stroke, other cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and dementia. Mean blood …

Hypertension and cardiovascular risk: General aspects

SE Kjeldsen - Pharmacological research, 2018 - Elsevier
Hypertension is the strongest or one of the strongest risk factors for almost all different
cardiovascular diseases acquired during life, including coronary disease, left ventricular …

Long-term and recent trends in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in 12 high-income countries: an analysis of 123 nationally representative surveys

B Zhou, G Danaei, GA Stevens, H Bixby, C Taddei… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Antihypertensive medicines are effective in reducing adverse cardiovascular
events. Our aim was to compare hypertension awareness, treatment, and control, and how …

Global disparities of hypertension prevalence and control: a systematic analysis of population-based studies from 90 countries

KT Mills, JD Bundy, TN Kelly, JE Reed, PM Kearney… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Hypertension is the leading preventable cause of premature death worldwide.
We examined global disparities of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and …

[PDF][PDF] 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

G Mancia, R Fagard, K Narkiewicz… - Arterial …, 2013 - journals.viamedica.pl
Wytyczne dotyczące nadciśnienia tętniczego opublikowane w 2013 r. przez Europejskie
Towarzystwo Nadciśnienia Tętniczego (ESH) i Europejskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne …

Chronic kidney disease: global dimension and perspectives

V Jha, G Garcia-Garcia, K Iseki, Z Li, S Naicker… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Chronic kidney disease is defined as a reduced glomerular filtration rate, increased urinary
albumin excretion, or both, and is an increasing public health issue. Prevalence is estimated …

Sex differences in cardiovascular risk factors and disease prevention

Y Appelman, BB van Rijn, ME Ten Haaf, E Boersma… - Atherosclerosis, 2015 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been seen as a men's disease for decades, however it is
more common in women than in men. It is generally assumed in medicine that the effects of …

Prevalence of hypertension in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AM Sarki, CU Nduka, S Stranges, NB Kandala… - Medicine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Prevalence of Hypertension in Low- and Middle-Income Countri... : Medicine Prevalence of
Hypertension in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis …

Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in national surveys from England, the USA and Canada, and correlation with stroke and ischaemic heart …

M Joffres, E Falaschetti, C Gillespie, C Robitaille… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Comparison of recent national survey data on prevalence, awareness, treatment
and control of hypertension in England, the USA and Canada, and correlation of these …

Hypertension in developing countries

MM Ibrahim, A Damasceno - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Data from different national and regional surveys show that hypertension is common in
developing countries, particularly in urban areas, and that rates of awareness, treatment …