Association of risk factors for hypertension in a rural population of northern Perak

• Main Authors: Loh, K.W., Rani, F., Chan, E.T.C., Loh, H.Y., Ng, C.W., Moy, Foong Ming
• Format: Article
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4498/

Hypertension is a major public health problem in Malaysia. The National Health and Morbidity Survey 2006 showed the prevalence of hypertension among adults 30 years and above was 43. Therefore we attempted to examine the association of known modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors of hypertension...