Trends in population blood pressure and prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among older persons: The 2006 & 2015 National Health and Morbidity Survey in Malaysia

Background Hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Thus, it is an important public health challenge worldwide. In Malaysia, only a few studies have focused on the trends of hypertension specifically for the aging population. In view of the rapid growth of...

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Main Authors: Bee Kiau Ho, Mohd Azahadi Omar, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Sazlina Shariff Ghazali, Sheleaswani bte Inche Zainal Abidin, Ambigga Krishnapillai, Suthahar Ariaratnam, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Nur Liana bt Abdul Majid, Muhammad Fadhli bin Mohd Yusof, Tatsuo Shimosawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7482969/?tool=EBI