75% Of Adults With Higher Cardiovascular Disease Risk Also Suffer From Hypertension

Although approximately three-quarters of US adults with coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, or other conditions that increase their risk of developing cardiovascular disease suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension), only about 33% to 50% of them ever reach their blood pressure targets, according to an article published in Archives of Internal Medicine (JAMA/Archives), December 10/24 issue. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Cardiovascular on December 15th, 2007