title: Changes in Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries: An Update.
abstract: The aim of this paper was to critically evaluate recent publications on hypertension treatment and control in regions by income. Prevalence of hypertension is increasing worldwide, most prominently in low-income countries. Awareness, treatment, and control are most successful in North America while remaining a challenge in middle- and low-income countries. Easy access to medical care and aggressive use of pharmacotherapy are the key strategies which have proved to be successful in reducing the burden of hypertension on the population level.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cardiovascular Prevention, First Faculty of Medicine and Thomayer Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Videnska 800, 140 59, Prague 4, Czech Republic. renata.cifkova@ftn.cz.|Department of Medicine II, Charles University Medical School I, U nemocnice 2, 128 08, Prague 2, Czech Republic. renata.cifkova@ftn.cz.|International Clinical Research Center - Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne᾿s University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic. renata.cifkova@ftn.cz.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cifkova
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Heart Institute, University of Ottawa, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4W7, Canada.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fodor
authors.affiliation: Center for Cardiovascular Prevention, First Faculty of Medicine and Thomayer Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Videnska 800, 140 59, Prague 4, Czech Republic.|International Clinical Research Center - Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne᾿s University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wohlfahrt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D000070497:Healthy Lifestyle; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
keywords: Epidemiology; Hypertension; Lifestyle changes; Pharmacotherapy