Prevalent Long-Term Trends of Hypertension in Austria: The Impact of Obesity and Socio-Demography.

Globally there are only less long-term-studies on hypertension available to provide reliable estimates and identify risk groups. This study aims to analyse the prevalence and long-term-trend of hypertension in Austria, recognize affected subpopulations and investigate social inequalities.This repres...

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Main Authors: Franziska Großschädl, Erwin Stolz, Hannes Mayerl, Éva Rásky, Wolfgang Freidl, Willibald J Stronegger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4607455?pdf=render