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dc.contributor.authorDesai, Trishna
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Robert
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorGrimsgaard, Sameline
dc.contributor.authorNjølstad, Inger
dc.contributor.authorLewington, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T10:04:58Z
dc.date.available2023-08-28T10:04:58Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-25
dc.description.abstractAims/Background: Serial blood pressure surveys in cohort studies can inform public health policies to control blood pressure for prevention of cardiovascular diseases.<p> <p>Methods: Mean levels of systolic blood pressure (SBP) were collected in six sequential surveys, involving 38,825 individuals aged 30–79 years (51% female), between 1979 and 2015 in the Tromsø Study in Norway. Mean levels of SBP, prevalence of hypertension and use of blood pressure-lowering treatment were estimated by age, sex and calendar year of survey.<p> <p>Results: Age-specific mean levels of SBP in each decade of age increased by 20–25 mmHg in men and 30–35 mmHg in women and the prevalence of hypertension increased from 25% to 75% among adults aged 30–79 years. Among successive cohorts of adults aged 40–49 years at the time of the six surveys between 1979 and 2015, the mean levels of SBP declined by about 10 mmHg and the prevalence of hypertension declined from 46% to 25% in men and from 30% to 14% in women. The proportion of individuals with hypertension who were treated increased sixfold (from 7% to 42%) between 1979 and 2015, and the proportion of adults with hypertension that were successfully controlled also increased sixfold from 10% to 60% between 1979 and 2015.<p> <p>Conclusions: Although this study demonstrated a halving in the age-specific prevalence of hypertension in men and women and a sixfold increase in treatment and control of hypertension, the burden of hypertension remains high among older people in Norway.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDesai, Clarke, Ross, Grimsgaard, Njølstad, Lewington. Trends in prevalence, treatment and control of hypertension in 38,825 adults over 36 years in Tromsø prospective study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2023en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2161472
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/14034948221122395
dc.identifier.issn1403-4948
dc.identifier.issn1651-1905
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/30476
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.journalScandinavian Journal of Public Health
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)en_US
dc.titleTrends in prevalence, treatment and control of hypertension in 38,825 adults over 36 years in Tromsø prospective studyen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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