interconnected associations with self-reported hypertension in nationally-representative survey data from Canada. Binary logistic … orientation on hypertension, controlling for age, using data from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey (n = 90,310). From a …, to report hypertension. However, the interactive models indicate that the additive models were poor predictors of …

Hypertension has been defined as blood pressure levels of 140/90mm Hg or greater. This has been arbitrarily based on … hypertension. Out-of-office self-measurements of blood pressure or 24-hour blood pressure recordings provide useful additional … information and can help to exclude `white coat hypertension' or office hypertension. The objective of screening patients with …

Hypertension, i.e. high systemic arterial pressure, is quantitatively related to future cardiovascular and renal … insufficiency. Furthermore, treatment of hypertension is beneficial. Hypertension is therefore, one of the most important … hypertension should consider: (i) the need to determine average or usual levels of systolic and diastolic pressure, sometimes by …

Hypertension is an important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Despite compelling evidence for the … hypertension remains suboptimal with marked interphysician variability and inconsistent application of clinical trial evidence …. Clinical practice guidelines are often cited as a potential means to improve hypertension management, although trials …

care provided to adults with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, lipid disorders, or heart disease. Strategies used to improve …: The seven practices achieved significant improvement in health outcomes of adults with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or …

. The detection and treatment of hypertension is highly cost effective, particularly when inexpensive drugs with proven …