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Hypertension
Reports from G.A. Mensah and co-researchers add new data to research in hypertension
April 19th, 2008
'In the United States today, we know a great deal about the burden of high blood pressure ( BP) and the inadequacy of its prevention and control at the national level. 1 The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ( NHANES), created through authorizing legislation of the National Health Survey Act of 1956, collects directly measured and self-reported data relevant to biological risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including high BP. Beginning in the early 1960s, NHANES has periodically provided health data ( by number and percentage) on the US population, designated subgroups with high BP, and tracked trends in the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of this...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-19)
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