Titre :
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in a Spanish population. (1998)
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Auteurs :
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A. PURAS ;
L.M. ARTIGAO ;
J.A. DIVISON ;
C. SANCHIS ;
Primary Care Centre. Insalud Albacete. ESP
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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European journal of epidemiology (vol. 14, n° 1, 1998/01)
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Pagination :
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31-36
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Hypertension artérielle
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Epidémiologie
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Prévalence
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Thérapeutique médicamenteuse
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Thérapeutique
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Prévention santé
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Homme
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Sexe
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Age
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Espagne
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Europe
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Appareil circulatoire [pathologie]
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST yWigHR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. A cross-sectional population survey using a random, stratified sample into phases was conducted in order to assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Albacete (a south-eastern province in Spain) with 248 () () () inhabitants over 18 years of age. The sample size was of 1322 people. Both systolic and diastolic BP were higher in men than in women and showed an increasing trend with age independently of gender. Assuming a cut-off for hypertension of
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