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Hypertension
New research on hypertension from L.L. Li and co-authors summarized
August 19th, 2008
According to a study from Urumqi, People's Republic of China, "This study was designed to survey the prevalence and risk factors of hypertension in Uygur adults in Tushala Township, Hetian area of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Cross-sectional study of possible risk factors for hypertension was conducted in Tushala and in 28 surrounding villages using a stratified random sampling method." "A modified version of the WHO STEP wise approach for risk factor survey was employed. Data collection on these relevant risk factors was performed using the WHO STEPS approach. Physical and body parameters were collected and used for analysis of variance. In addition, risk factors...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-19)
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