Hypertension in a mixed community.
Casual blood pressure was studied in a mixed community above 20 years of age and records of hospitalised patients for hypertension and/or its complications were analysed. It was found that about 2 percent of people examined were unaware that they had elevated blood pressure. High incidence of hypertension was found in the age group of 40-50 years in the hospitalised patients.
D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006268:Health Facilities; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged