Differences in prevalence of hypertension subtypes according to the 2018 Korean Society of Hypertension and 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007–2017 (KNHANES IV-VII)

Abstract Background The significance of high systolic and diastolic blood pressure remains controversial. We assessed the differences in prevalence of hypertension and its subtypes according to the different hypertension diagnostic criteria embodied by the 2017 American College of Cardiology/America...

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Main Authors: So Mi Jemma Cho, Hokyou Lee, Hyeon Chang Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Clinical Hypertension
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40885-019-0129-5