title: [Current status of blood pressure control in Japan and strategies for the better control].
abstract: Importance of strict blood pressure control in hypertension is stressed in guidelines. But rates of achieving target blood pressure in several surveillance studies are less than 50%. Poor compliance to medication, life style related problems such as obesity, excess salt and alcohol intake, sleep apnea and coadministered drugs such as NSAIDs or licorice, and physicians attitude to blood pressure control can be reasons for resistant hypertension. First step to improve the blood pressure control status is identifying reasons. To solve the identified problems, comprehensive approaches by health professionals are necessary.
authors: Nihon University Health Planning Center, Nihon University School of Medicine.
authors: Atsuhiko
authors: A
authors: Takahashi
authors: Toshio
authors: T
authors: Kushiro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values