Variations in knowledge, awareness and treatment of hypertension and stroke risk by country income level

Variations in knowledge, awareness and treatment of hypertension and stroke risk by country income level

Objective Hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for stroke globally. We hypothesised that country-income level variations in knowledge, detection and treatment of hypertension may contribute to variations in the association of blood pressure with stroke. Methods We undertook a st...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alhussain, F. (Author), Avezum, A. (Author), Chin, S.L (Author), Czlonkowska, A. (Author), Daliwonga, M. (Author), Damasceno, A. (Author), Dans, A.L (Author), Diaz, R. (Author), Diener, H.-C (Author), Elsayed, A. (Author), Ferguson, J. (Author), Hankey, G.J (Author), Iqbal, R. (Author), Iversen, H.K (Author), Judge, C. (Author), Lanas, F. (Author), Langhorne, P. (Author), Lisheng, L. (Author), Lopez-Jaramillo, P. (Author), Malaga, G. (Author), Mondo, C. (Author), Nilanont, Y. (Author), O'Donnell, M. (Author), Ogah, O.S (Author), Ogunniyi, A. (Author), Oguz, A. (Author), Oveisgharan, S. (Author), Pais, P. (Author), Penaherrera, E. (Author), Pogosova, N. (Author), Rangarajan, S. (Author), Rao-Melacini, P. (Author), Rosengren, A. (Author), Rumboldt, Z. (Author), Ryglewicz, D. (Author), Smyth, A. (Author), Wang, X. (Author), Weimar, C. (Author), Xavier, D. (Author), Yusoff, K. (Author), Yusuf, S. (Author), Yusufali, A. (Author), Zhang, H. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Series:Heart
Subjects:
adult
aged
antihypertensive agent
antihypertensive therapy
Article
awareness
blood pressure
blood pressure measurement
brain hemorrhage
brain ischemia
cardiovascular risk
case control study
cerebrovascular accident
clinical outcome
controlled study
country economic status
disease association
epidemiology
female
gross national income
human
hypertension
knowledge
low income country
major clinical study
male
middle aged
population attributable risk
prevalence
priority journal
risk
risk assessment
risk factor
self report
stroke
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher
View in Scopus

Internet

View Fulltext in Publisher
View in Scopus

Similar Items