Short-term hypertension management in community is associated with long-term risk of stroke and total death in China: A community controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is not fully clear whether the effect of short-term management in community can reduce the long-term risk of stroke OBJECTIVES:: To evaluate whether short-term hypertension management is associated with long-term incidence of stroke and total death in community health centers in China.

Design

Community controlled trail.

Participants

Six community health centers (4 active, 2 control) in China, patients with hypertension.

Control arm

Patients were treated with normally therapy method.

Active arm

Patients were treated oriented by the Guideline for hypertension management.

Randomization

Two centers (Hebei and Zhejiang) from the Hypertension Control in Community (HCC) Project, which was conducted from 2005 to 2008, were randomly selected

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5134777 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature