Hypertension in the South-East Asia Region: an overview
@inproceedings{Krishnan2013HypertensionIT, title={Hypertension in the South-East Asia Region: an overview}, author={Anand Krishnan and Renu Madanlal Garg}, year={2013} }
Raised blood pressure or hypertension is the single most important risk factor for mortality worldwide as well as in the South-East Asia (SEA) Region. [] Key Result National data from some countries indicate an increasing trend in the prevalence of hypertension. In four of the eight countries where information was available, less than 50% of the subjects were aware that they had hypertension and in four other countries, awareness ranged from 56% to 70%. Among those who were aware that they had hypertension…
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