Population impact of different hypertension management guidelines based on the prospective population-based Heinz Nixdorf Recall study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Hypertension guidelines strongly differ between societies. The current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guideline recommends higher proportions of the general population for antihypertensive medication than the previous American and European guidelines. How cardiovascular risk differs between persons with and without antihypertensive medication recommendation has not been examined. Additionally, the population impact of American, European and international guidelines has not been compared systematically within the same study population.

Methods

We compared the prevalence of antihypertensive medication recommendation according to the American (Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Bloo

SUBMITTER: Gronewold J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7893668 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature