Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure in a cohort in Northern Andean Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gaps exist along the high blood pressure (HBP) diagnosis-treatment-control pathway in high, low and middle-income countries.

Objective

To determine the prevalence of HBP and to describe the levels of awareness, control and treatment of HBP in the rural Peruvian Andes.

Methods

This cross-sectional study is embedded into a multigenerational cohort. We analysed data of all adult participants aged ≥ 30 years (n = 2752) who answered a baseline health and lifestyle questionnaire and underwent a physical examination, which included three blood pressure readings. HBP was defined as measured systolic or diastolic blood pressure (BP) ≥140 and/or 90 mm Hg and/or self-reported physician-diagnosed hypertension and/or self-reported antihypertensive intake. The det

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Samaniego G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10795589 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature