High blood pressure despite treatment: Results from a cross-sectional primary healthcare-based study in southern Sweden

References

• Guidelines Committee. 2003 European Society of Hypertension—European Society of cardiology guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension. J Hypertens 2003;21:1011–53.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wood D, De Backer G, Faergeman O, Graham I, Mancia G, Pyorälä K. Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice: Summary of recommendations of the Second Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Coronary Prevention. Blood Press 1998; 7: 262–9
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Williams B, Poulter NR, Brown MJ, Davis M, McInnes GT, Potter JF, et al. British Hypertension Society guidelines for hypertension management 2004 (BHS-IV): summary. BMJ 2004; 328: 634–40
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wolf-Maier K, Cooper RS, Kramer H, Banegas JR, Giampaoli S, Joffres MR, et al. Hypertension treatment and control in five European Countries, Canada, and the United States. Hypertension 2004; 43: 10–17
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Westheim A, Klemetsrud T, Tretli S, Stoikke HP, Olsen H. Blood pressure levels in treated hypertensive patients in general practice in Norway. Blood Press 2001; 10: 37–42
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nilsson P, Andersson DKG, Andersson PE, Schwan A, Lithell H, Andersson OK. Cardiovascular risk factors in treated hypertensives – a nation-wide, cross-sectional study in Sweden. J Intern Med 1993; 233: 239–45
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bög–Hansen E, Lindblad U, Bengtsson K, Ranstam J, Melander A, Råstam L. Risk factor clustering in patients with hypertension and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: The Skaraborg Hypertension Project. J Intern Med 1998; 243: 223–32
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Cederholm J, Nilsson PM, Anderberg C-P, Fröberg L, Petersson U for the Q-Heart Study Group. Blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors among treated hypertensives in Swedish primary health care. Scand J Prim Health Care 2002;20:224–9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care. Moderately elevated blood pressure. Report Volumes 1–3. Stockholm: Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care; 2004.
   Google Scholar
• Li C, Engström G, Hedblad B, Berglund G, Janzon L. Blood pressure control and risk of stroke: A population-based prospective cohort study. Stroke 2005; 36: 725–30
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Conroy RM, Pyorala K, Fitzgerald AP, Sans S, Menotti A, De Backer G, et al. SCORE project group. Estimation of ten-year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease in Europe: The SCORE project. Eur Heart J 2003; 24: 987–1003
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Getz L, Sigurdsson JA, Hetlevik I, Kirkengen AL, Romundstad S, Holmen J. Estimating the high risk group for cardiovascular disease in the Norwegian HUNT 2 population according to the 2003 European guidelines: Modelling study. BMJ 2005; 331: 551–4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Getz L, Kirkengen AL, Hetlevik I, Romunstad S, Sigurdsson JA. Ethical dilemmas arising from implementation of the European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: A descriptive epidemiological study. Scand J Prim Health Care 2004; 22: 202–8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hellénius ML, Nilsson P, Elofsson S, Johansson J, Kraukau I. Reduction of high cholesterol levels associated with younger age and longer education in a primary health care programme for cardiovascular prevention. Scand J Prim Health Care 2005; 23: 75–81
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Haynes RB, McDonald H, Garg AX, Montague P. Interventions for helping patients to follow prescriptions for medications (Cochrane Review). In: Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2003. Oxford: Update Software; 2003.
   Google Scholar
• Side effects, life-quality and compliance. In: Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care. Moderately elevated blood pressure. Report Volumes 1–3. Stockholm: Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care; 2004. pp 217–19.
   Google Scholar
• Hyman DJ, Pavlik VN. Self-reported hypertension treatment practices among primary care physicians: Blood pressure thresholds, drug choices, and the role of guidelines and evidence-based medicine. Arch Intern Med 2000; 160: 2281–6
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lindholm L-H. The problem of uncontrolled hypertension. J Hum Hypertens 2002; 16: 3–8
   Google Scholar
• Bloom BS. Continuation of initial antihypertensive medication after 1 year of therapy. Clin Ther 1998; 20: 671–81
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cooper R, Cutler J, Desvigne-Nickens P, Fortmann SP, Friedman L, Havlik R, et al. Trends and disparities in coronary heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in the United States: Findings of the national conference on cardiovascular disease prevention. Circulation 2000; 102: 3137–47
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Myocardial infarctions in Sweden 1987–2000. National Board of Health and Welfare. Statistics. Hälsa och sjukdomar 2003; 4 (in Swedish).
   Google Scholar
• Pessah-Rasmussen H, Engström G, Jerntorp I, Janzon L. Increasing stroke incidence and decreasing case fatality, 1989–1998: A study from the stroke register in Malmo, Sweden. Stroke 2003; 34: 913–18
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Medin J, Nordlund A, Ekberg K. Increasing stroke incidence in Sweden between 1989 and 2000 among persons aged 30 to 65 years: Evidence from the Swedish Hospital Discharge Register. Stroke 2004; 35: 1047–51
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lewington S, Clarke R, Qizilbash N, Peto R, Collins R. Prospective Studies Collaboration. Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: A meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies. Lancet 2002; 360: 1903–13
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bøg-Hansen E, Merlo J, Gullberg B, Melander A, Råstam L, Lindblad U. Survival in patients with hypertension treated in primary care: A population-based follow-up study in the Skaraborg Hypertension and Diabetes Project. Scand J Prim Health Care 2004; 22: 222–7
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar