Katherine T. Mills|Joshua D Bundy|Tanika N. Kelly|John P. Reed|Patricia M. Kearney|Kristi Reynolds|Jing Chen|Jiang He
Global Disparities of Hypertension Prevalence and Control
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hypertension leading preventable cause premature death worldwide examined global disparities hypertension prevalence awareness treatment control 2010 compared secular changes 2000 2010we searched medline 1995 2014 supplemented manual searches retrieved article references included 135 populationbased studies 968 419 adults 90 countries sex agespecific hypertension prevalences country applied population data calculate regional global numbers hypertensive adults proportions awareness treatment control country applied hypertensive populations obtain regional global estimatesin 2010 311 95 confidence interval 300322 worlds adults hypertension 285 273297 highincome countries 315 302329 low middleincome countries estimated 139 134144 billion people hypertension 2010 349 337361 million highincome countries 104 099109 billion low middleincome countries 2000 2010 agestandardized prevalence hypertension decreased 26 highincome countries increased 77 low middleincome countries period proportions awareness 582 versus 670 treatment 445 versus 556 control 179 versus 284 increased substantially highincome countries whereas awareness 323 versus 379 treatment 249 versus 290 increased less control 84 versus 77 even slightly decreased low middleincome countriesglobal hypertension disparities large increasing collaborative efforts urgently needed combat emerging hypertension burden low middleincome countries