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Article: High blood pressure in China looks like U.S. 25 years ago.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- April 4, 2004
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2004 APR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One in four people living in China may be suffering from high blood pressure, say Tulane University researchers, but barely half of them know they have hypertension. Of those who know, 63% have their high blood pressure under control. Only half of those who knew they had high blood pressure had changed diet or exercise habits to try to control it.
The study was published in the March 2004 issue of Hypertension.
"Hypertension is one of the most manageable risk factors for heart disease and stroke," said epidemiologist Paul Muntner, lead author. "Our study showed that rates of high blood pressure awareness, ...