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10423083

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5-6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
Raised blood pressure is one of the most important underlying risk factors for morbidity and mortality in the world today, ranking alongside tobacco in estimates of the worldwide attributable burden of mortality. It is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease and the major risk factor for stroke. Taken together, the cardiovascular diseases are estimated to account for some 28% of all deaths in the world. Already many more of such deaths are occurring in the developing than the developed world, and this burden of disease is set to worsen as a result of demographic changes in the poorer countries, together with adoption of Western lifestyle. The development of unfavourable blood pressure patterns in populations is a key factor underlying this worldwide epidemic. Both primary prevention (for example through improved diet) and secondary prevention (through drug treatment and non-pharmacologic approaches) are needed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1064-1963
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
571-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantifying risk of death and disability associated with raised blood pressure.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary's Campus, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article