Journal article
Social disparities explain differences in hypertension prevalence, detection and control in Colombia
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Hypertension is the principal risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The global Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology study showed that the levels of awareness, treatment and control of this condition are very low worldwide and show large regional variations related to a country's income index. The aim of the present analysis was to identify associations between sociodemographic, geographic, anthropometric, behavioral and clinical …
Authors
Camacho PA; Gomez-Arbelaez D; Molina DI; Sanchez G; Arcos E; Narvaez C; García H; Pérez M; Hernandez EA; Duran M
Journal
Journal of Hypertension, Vol. 34, No. 12, pp. 2344–2352
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
12 2016
DOI
10.1097/hjh.0000000000001115
ISSN
0263-6352