Implications of the New American College of Cardiology Guidelines for Hypertension Prevalence in India.

Venkateshmurthy, Nikhil Srinivasapura; Geldsetzer, Pascal; Jaacks, Lindsay M; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj · JAMA Intern Med · 2018

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Abstract

This study analyzes whether the lowered blood pressure threshold for hypertension in the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines vs the JNC7 guidelines are associated with diagnosis prevalence of hypertension among adults in India.

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