Korea hypertension fact sheet 2020: analysis of nationwide population-based data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Korean Society of Hypertension has published the Korea Hypertension Fact Sheet 2020 to provide an overview of the magnitude and management status of hypertension and their recent trends.

Methods

The Fact Sheets were based on the analyses of Korean adults aged 20 years or older of the 2007-2018 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) and the 2002-2018 National Health Insurance Big Data (NHI-BD).

Results

Currently, the population average of systolic/diastolic blood pressure was 118/76 mmHg in Korean adults aged 20 years or older showing little change in the recent decade. However, the number of people with hypertension increased steadily, exceeding 12.0 million. Indeed, the number of people diagnosed with hypertension increased fr

SUBMITTER: Kim HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7958489 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature