Korea hypertension fact sheet 2021: analysis of nationwide population-based data with special focus on hypertension in women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Korean Society of Hypertension has published the Korea Hypertension Fact Sheet 2021 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 1998-2019 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the 2002-2019 National Health Insurance Big Data.

Results

Currently, the population average of systolic/diastolic blood pressure was 119/76 mmHg in Korean adults aged 20 years or older showing little change in the recent decade. It is estimated that 28% of the adult population aged 20 or older (33% of adults aged 30 or older) have hypertension. The estimated number of people with hypertension was 6.30 mill

SUBMITTER: Kim HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8722090 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature