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- Title
Hypertension Prevalence and Stroke Mortality Across Populations.
- Authors
Staessen, Jan A.; Kuznetsova, Tatiana; Stolarz, Katarzyna
- Abstract
Reports the blood pressure (BP) is the most consistent and powerful predictor of stroke. How hypertension is involved in nearly 70% of all stroke cases. How average blood pressures differ between people in the U.S and those in European countries; Efforts of patients to control hypertension.
- Subjects
BLOOD pressure; CEREBROVASCULAR disease; HYPERTENSION; PATIENTS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003, Vol 289, Issue 18, p2420
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.289.18.2420