Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19.1 million participants

Zhou B., Bentham J., Di Cesare M., Bixby H., Danaei G., Cowan M. J., ...Daha Fazla

LANCET, cilt.389, sa.10064, ss.37-55, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 389 Sayı: 10064
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31919-5
  • Dergi Adı: LANCET
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.37-55
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, and number of people with, raised blood pressure, defined as systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or higher.