High Blood Pressure in Panama

High Blood Pressure in Panama: Prevalence, Sociodemographic and Biologic Profile, Treatment, and Control (STROBE)

The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence, treatment, and control of high blood pressure, hypertension (HBP) in Panama and assess its associations with sociodemographic and biologic factors.A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in Panama by administering a survey on cardiovascular risk factors to 3590 adults and measuring their blood pressure 3 times. A single-stage...

High Blood Pressure, FBS and LDL-C among Diabetic Iranians

Introduction: Control of blood pressure, fasting plasma sugar (FPS) and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) reduces to vascular complications of diabetes. In this study we determined the prevalence of diabetic individuals with uncontrolled blood pressure, FPS and LDL-C. Materials and Methods: We used data from three national Surveys of Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Disease (SuRFNCD) ...

High Blood Pressure

Controlling high blood pressure.

National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents

ABBREVIATIONS. BP, blood pressure; NHBPEP, National High Blood Pressure Education Program; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; JNC 7, Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure; NHLBI, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; ABP...