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Article: Study: 1 in 3 has high blood pressure; Heart attack and stroke risk rises
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- Miami Times
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- September 14, 2004
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Miami Times
09-14-2004
The number of US. adults with high blood pressure has risen dramatically
during the past decade, reversing a downward trend begun in the 1970s and
putting millions more at risk of heart attacks and stroke, said a study out
Monday.
About 65 million adults ages 18 and older in the USA have high blood
pressure, compared with 50 million reported in a 1995 study that looked at
survey data from 1988 to 1994, study authors reported.
"Just shy of 1 in 3 adults has high blood pressure. That's startling," said
lead author Larry Fields of the US. Depart-ment of Health and Human
Services. The study appears into day's Hypertension.
Researchers tie the blood pressure rise to the aging ...