Various Antihypertensive Drug Compliance Models and Cardiovascular Prognosis of People With Incidentally Detected High Blood Pressure During Health Check-Up in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A health check-up system (HCS) is one of the best ways to prevent complications and maintain health by diagnosing diseases and screening risk factors early. Here, we investigated how many people who detected elevated blood pressure through the HCS were finally diagnosed with "hypertension" and continuously treated. We also analyzed their cardiovascular risk and prognostic significance according to the multiple drug compliance patterns.

Methods

A total of 38,100 subjects without cardiovascular disease who were newly detected with elevated blood pressure in HCS between 2006 and 2011 were analyzed and followed up until 2019 using the Korean National Health Insurance Database. They were divided into five subgroups through subsequent prescription history and compared f

SUBMITTER: Park JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12754265 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature