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Title
Mortality among patients with hypertension from 1995 to 2005: a population-based study.
Authors
Tu, Karen; Chen, Zhongliang; Lipscombe, Lorraine L; Canadian Hypertension Education Program Outcomes Research Taskforce
Abstract
We have reported that the prevalence of diagnosed hypertension increased by 60% from 1995 to 2005 in Ontario. In the present study, we asked whether this increase is explained by a decrease in the mortality rate.
Publication
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2008, Vol 178, Issue 11, p1436