Superior blood pressure control among hypertensive patients attending specialist clinics in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Maskon, Oteh, S, Noorfaizan, SMS, Azarisman, SA, Azreen, I, Saiful Bahri, Abdullah, Aszrin, Omar , Ahmad Marzuki, Ngow, Harris Abdullah, CK, Ting, S , Sapari
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/5279/1/Superior_BP_Hypertension_study_ACC_abstract.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/5279/

Background The prevalence of hypertension in Malaysia is alarmingly high. The National Survey in 2006 showed 43% of people above 30 years old have hypertension and only 8% reached target blood pressure (BP) of <140/90 mmHg. Among treated patients, only 26% reached target BP. We aimed to evaluate...