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Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in rural and urban communities in Latin American countries
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Autores:
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Lamelas, Pablo ;
Diaz, Rafael ;
Orlandini, Andres ;
Avezum, Alvaro ;
Oliveira, Gustavo ;
Mattos, Antonio ;
Lanas, Fernando ;
Seron, Pamela ;
Oliveros, Maria J. ;
Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio ;
Otero, Johanna ;
Camacho, Paul ;
Miranda, Jaime ;
Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ;
Malaga, German ;
Irazola, Vilma ;
Gutierrez, Laura ;
Rubinstein, Adolfo ;
Castellana, Noelia ;
Rangarajan, Sumathy ;
Yusuf, Salim
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2019-07-04T17:00:21Z
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
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OBJECTIVES: The objective is to describe hypertension (HTN) prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in urban and rural communities in Latin America to inform public and policy-makers. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis from urban (n = 111) and rural (n = 93) communities including 33 276 participants from six Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay) were included. HTN was defined as self-reported HTN on blood pressure (BP) medication or average BP over 140/90 mmHg, awareness as self-reported HTN, and controlled as those with BP under 140/90 mmHg. RESULTS: Mean age was 52 years, 60% were Female and 32% belonged to rural communities. HTN prevalence was 44.0%, with the lowest rates in Peru (17.7%) and the highest rates in Brazil (52.5%). 58.9% were aware of HTN diagnosis and 53.3% were receiving treatment. Prevalence of HTN were higher in urban (44.8%) than rural (42.1%) communities in all countries. Most participants who were aware of HTN were receiving medical treatment (90.5%), but only 37.6% of patients receiving medical treatment had their BP controlled (
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En línea:
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http://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002108
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