Urban and Suburban Differences in Hypertension Trends and Self-Care: Three Population-Based Cross-Sectional Studies from 2005-2011

Gang Li, Huanhuan Hu, Zhong Dong, Jin Xie and Ying Zhou

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 2, 1-11

Abstract: Objectives: This study aimed to compare hypertension trends in the urban and suburban population, and to examine the use of several self-care behaviors among patients who were aware of their hypertension. Methods: We examined the data from three cross-sectional adult populations obtained in 2005, 2008, and 2011, in Beijing. Results: Our analyses indicated that from 2005 to 2011 the standardized rate of hypertension increased from 31.9% to 36.0% (P

Date: 2015
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