The overestimated prevalence of hypertension in a population survey: a cross-sectional study from Hebei province, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Currently, the prevalence of hypertension is mainly ascertained using a one-visit population survey, which may lead to overestimation. The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of hypertension prevalence determined by a one-visit population survey.

Methods

For this cross-sectional study, we continuously enrolled 1116 volunteers without a hypertension history in Hebei province from January 2018 to December 2019. The study population included 511 (45.80%) males and 605 (54.20%) females with a mean age of 48 years. The hypertension prevalence was assessed using two methods: one-visit screening and daytime ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring. We directly compared the performances of daytime ambulatory BP monitoring and one-visit screening in the same g

SUBMITTER: Geng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9743587 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature