218
Views
26
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension Among People Over 40 Years Old in a Rural Area of South Korea: The Chungju Metabolic Disease Cohort (CMC) Study

, , , , , , , , , , & show all
Pages 166-178 | Received 02 Jan 2009, Accepted 09 Jan 2009, Published online: 26 May 2010

REFERENCES

  • Hajjar I, Kotchen TA. Trends in prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in the United States, 1988–2000. JAMA 2003;290:199–206.
  • Duggirala MK, Cuddihy RM, Cuddihy MT, Predictors of blood pressure control in patients with diabetes and hypertension seen in primary care clinics. Am J Hypertens 2005;18:833–838.
  • Korea National Statistical Office. 2005 Report of statistics of mortality in Koreans. Seoul: Korea National Statistical Office; 2006.
  • Ong KL, Cheung BMY, Man YB, Lau CP, Lam KSL. Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among United States adults 1999–2004. Hypertens 2007;49:69–75.
  • Whelton PK, He J, Appel LJ, Primary prevention of hypertension: clinical and public health advisory from The National High Blood Pressure Education Program. JAMA 2002;288:1882–1888.
  • Neaton JD, Grimm RH, Prineas RJ, Treatment of mild hypertension study. Final results. Treatment of mild hypertension study research group. JAMA 1993;270:713–724.
  • Kim JA, Kim SM, Choi YS, The prevalence and risk factors associated with isolated untreated systolic hypertension in Korea: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey 2001. J Hum Hypertens 2007;21:107–113.
  • Lee HS, Park YM, Kwon HS, Lee JH, Yoon KH, Son HY, Kim DS, Yim HW, Lee WC. Factors associated with control of blood pressure among elderly people diagnosed with hypertension in a rural area of South Korea: the Chungju Metabolic Disease Cohort Study (CMC study). Blood Press 2010;19:31–39.
  • Choi KM, Park HS, Han JH, Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in a Korean population: Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey 2001. J Hypertens 2006;24:1515–1521.
  • Ruixing Y, Limei Y, Yuming C, Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and risk factors of hypertension in the Guangxi Hei Yi Zhuang and Han populations. Hypertens Res 2006;29:423–432.
  • van Rossum CT, van de Mheen H, Witteman JC, Hofman A, Mackenbach JP, Grobbee DE. Prevalence, treatment, and control of hypertension by sociodemographic factors among the Dutch elderly. Hypertens 2000;35:814–821.
  • Obara T, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, The current status of home and office blood pressure control among hypertensive patients with diabetes mellitus: the Japan Home Versus Office Blood Pressure Measurement Evaluation (J-HOME) study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2006;73:276–283.
  • Ikeda N, Hasegawa T, Hasegawa T, Saito I, Saruta T. Awareness of the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension (JSH 2000) and compliance to its recommendations: Surveys in 2000 and 2004. J Hum Hypertens 2006;20:263–266.
  • Perez-Fernandez R, Mari AF, Cadarso-Suarez C, Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Galicia (Spain) and association with related diseases. J Hum Hypertens 2007;21:366–373.
  • Efstratopoulos AD, Voyaki SM, Baltas AA, Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Hellas, Greece: The Hypertension Study in General Practice in Hellas (HYPERTENSHELL) national study. Am J Hypertens 2006;19:53–60.
  • Kwon HS, Park YM, Lee HJ, Lee JH, Choi YH, Ko SH, Prevalence and clinical characteristics of the metabolic syndrome in middle-aged Korean adults. Korean J Intern Med 2005;20:310–316.
  • Park YM, Kwon HS, Lim SY, Clustering characteristics of risk variables of metabolic syndrome in Korean rural populations. Kor Diabetes J 2006;30:177–189.
  • Chalmers JJ, MacMahon SS, Mancia GG, 1999 World Health Organization-Inter‐national Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the management of hypertension. Guidelines subcommittee of the World Health Organization. Clin Exp Hypertens 1999;21:1009–1060.
  • Wakabayashi I. Age-dependent association of alcohol drinking with pulse pressure. J Hypertens 2007;25:971–975.
  • Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: The JNC 7 report. JAMA 2003;289:2560–2572.
  • Hyman DJ, Pavlik VN. Characteristics of patients with uncontrolled hypertension in the United States. N Engl J Med 2001;345:479–486.
  • WHO Western Pacific Region, International Obesity Task Force. The Asia-Pacific Perspective: Redefining Obesity and Its Treatment. Sydney, Australia, Health Communications Australia 2000.
  • Friedewald WT, Levy RI, Fredrickson DS. Estimation of the concentration of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in plasma without use of the preparative ultracentrifuge. Clin Chem 1972;18:499–502.
  • Cockcroft DW, Gault MH. Prediction of creatinine clearance from serum creatinine. Nephron 1976;16:31–41.
  • Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus. Report of the Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Care 2003;26 Supp. 1:S5–20.
  • Pate R, Pratt M, Blair SN, Physical activity and public health. A recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine. JAMA 1995;273:402–407.
  • Jo I, Ahn Y, Lee J, Shin K, Lee HK, Shin C. Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and risk factors of hypertension in Korea: The Ansan study. J Hypertens 2001;19:1523–32.
  • Shimamoto K, Kita T, Mabuchi H, The risk of cardiovascular events in Japanese hypertensive patients with hypercholesterolemia: Sub-analysis of the Japan Lipid Intervention Trial (J‐LIT) Study, a large-scale observational cohort study. Hypertens Res 2005;28:879–887.
  • Trenkwalder P, Ruland D, Stender M, Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in a population over the age of 65 years: Results from the Starnberg Study on Epidemiology of Parkinsonism and Hypertension in the Elderly (STEPHY). J Hypertens 1994;12:709–716.
  • Leeper SC. Aggressive hypertension management in patients of advancing and advanced age. South Med J 2005;98:805–808.
  • Ogihara T, Hiwada K, Morimoto S, Guidelines for treatment of hypertension in the elderly–2002 revised version. Hypertens Res 2003;26:1–36.
  • Agyemang C, van Valkengoed I, Koopmans R, Stronks K. Factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment and control among ethnic groups in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The SUNSET study. J Hum Hypertens 2006;20:874–881.
  • Chen HJ, Bai CH, Yeh WT, Chiu HC, Pan WH. Influence of metabolic syndrome and general obesity on the risk of ischemic stroke. Stroke 2006;37:1060–1064.
  • Ingelsson E, Arnl J, Lind L, Sundstr J. Metabolic syndrome and risk for heart failure in middle-aged men. Heart 2006;92:1409–1413.
  • Dalton M, Cameron AJ, Zimmet PZ, Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and body mass index and their correlation with cardiovascular disease risk factors in Australian adults. J Intern Med 2003;254:555–563.
  • Balde NM, Diallo I, Balde MD, Diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in rural and urban populations in Futa Jallon (Guinea): prevalence and associated risk factors. Diabetes Metab 2007;33:114–120.
  • Dickson BK, Blackledge J, Hajjar IM. The impact of lifestyle behavior on hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in a southeastern population. Am J Med Sci 2006;332:211–215.
  • Muntner P, Gu D, Wu X, Factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in a representative sample of the chinese population. Hypertension 2004;43:578–585.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.