Adequate blood pressure control: perception and reality

National project of blood pressure control: Do's and don't's

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A Higher Salt Intake Leads to a Lower Rate of Adequate Blood Pressure Control

The relationship between salt intake and adequate blood pressure control is not well investigated in Korea populations, especially in patients with cardiovascular disease. This cross-sectional study enrolled 19,083 subjects who participated in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted from 2009-2011. The amount of salt intake was estimated using the Tanaka equations b...

Compliance and blood pressure control.

Compliance with medical therapy in general is often low, and compliance with blood pressure treatment is no better. Numerous studies have shown that patients frequently drop out of treatment for hypertension. Furthermore, even when patients stay in treatment, they often take their medications in a way quite dissimilar from that prescribed. Identifying noncompliant patients is important but not ...

Gender and blood pressure control.

Diabetes and blood pressure control Insufficient control of blood pressure and incident diabetes

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