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Determinants of poor hypertension management in the community

Journal of Human Hypertension volume 17, pages 215–217 (2003)Cite this article

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The current status of hypertension management is far from being satisfactory.1 Large studies from the US and Canada have shown that the level of controlled blood pressure (BP) (<140/90 mmHg) among patients with hypertension does not exceed 30%.2,3,4 Our own analysis of the trends in hypertension detection (diagnosis) and control in southern Germany, based on the MONICA Augsburg database, shows that neither detection nor control has improved substantially in the period between 1985 and 1995.5 Generally, less than half of all hypertension cases in that population were not detected and only about one-third of treated hypertensives achieved BP levels below 140/90 mmHg.5

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  1. Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine University of Muenster, Germany

    W Maziak, U Keil & H W Hense

  2. Institute of Epidemiology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Munich, Germany

    A Döring

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Maziak, W., Keil, U., Döring, A. et al. Determinants of poor hypertension management in the community. J Hum Hypertens 17, 215–217 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001535

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