Variations in knowledge, awareness and treatment of hypertension and stroke risk by country income level

• Main Authors: Martin O'Donnell, Graeme J. Hankey, Sumathy Rangarajan, Siu Lim Chin, Purnima Rao-Melacini, John Ferguson, Denis Xavier, Liu Lisheng, Hongye Zhang, Prem Pais, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Albertino Damasceno, Peter Langhorne, Annika Rosengren, Antonio L. Dans, Ahmed Elsayed, Alvaro Avezum, Charles Mondo, Andrew Smyth, Conor Judge, Hans Christoph Diener, Danuta Ryglewicz, Anna Czlonkowska, Nana Pogosova, Christian Weimar, Romana Iqbal, Rafael Diaz, Khalid Yusoff, Afzalhussein Yusufali, Aytekin Oguz, Xingyu Wang, Ernesto Penaherrera, Fernando Lanas, Okechukwu Samuel Ogah, Adensola Ogunniyi, Helle K. Iversen, German Malaga, Zvonko Rumboldt, Shahram Oveisgharan, Fawaz Alhussain, Magazi Daliwonga, Yongchai Nilanont, Salim Yusuf
• Other Authors: Siriraj Hospital
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/78490
• Institution: Mahidol University

Objective Hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for stroke globally. We hypothesised that country-income level variations in knowledge, detection and treatment of hypertension may contribute to variations in the association of blood pressure with stroke. Methods We undertook a st...