Hypertension around the world: new insights from developing countries

Hypertension around the world: new insights from developing countries

Por: Angeli, Fabioa; Reboldi, Gianpaolo; Verdecchi y Paolo.  Journal of Hypertension: July 2013 – Volume 31 – Issue 7 – p 1358-1361.

Hypertension is a serious public health challenge worldwide, being quantitatively the major risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease.  According to recent estimates, it is more common than cigarette smoking, dyslipidemia or diabetes, the other major cardiovascular risk factors. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), in its wave from years 2005 through 2008, estimated that approximately 29–31% of adults in the United States have hypertension. This translates into 58–65 million hypertensive patients in the United States adult population [8]. In addition, a pooled analysis of global national and regional data showed that 26.4% of the adult population in 2000 had hypertension (26.6% of men and 26.1% of women), and 29.2% were projected to have this condition by 2025 (29.0% of men and 29.5% of women).
[Actualizado: 1ero de agosto 2013].