Rural Residence and Antihypertensive Medication Use in US Stroke Survivors.

ABSTRACT: Background Relatively greater increases in hypertension prevalence among US rural residents may contribute to geographic disparities in recurrent stroke. There is limited US information on poststroke antihypertensive medication use by rural/urban residence. We assessed antihypertensive use and lifestyle characteristics for US rural compared with urban stroke survivors and residence-based trends in use between 2005 and 2019. Methods and Results US stroke survivors with hypertension were identified in the 2005 to 2019 national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys. We ascertained the survey-weighted prevalence of reported antihypertensive use and lifestyle characteristics (ie, physical activity, diabetes, cholesterol, body mass index, and smoking) among respondents with hyperten

SUBMITTER: Tran PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9375512 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature