Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in the elderly in a general practice experience
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Cardiology
- Vol. 12 (5), 283-288
- https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.4960120511
Abstract
In 3858 ambulatory elderly people (age >65 years) prevalence of hypertension was 67.8%. The hypertensive status was unknown to both the doctor and the patient in 21.4 % of cases. More than 90 % of known hypertensives were treated, but hypertension could be considered as controlled in less than 30% of them.Keywords
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