Trends in prevalence, treatment and control of hypertension in 38,825 adults over 36 years in Tromsø prospective study ...

• Main Authors: Desai, Trishna, Clarke, Robert, Ross, Stephanie, Grimsgaard, Sameline, Njølstad, Inger, Lewington, Sarah
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SAGE Journals 2023
• Subjects: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified; FOS Health sciences; Norway; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.6665513.v1; https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Trends_in_prevalence_treatment_and_control_of_hypertension_in_38_825_adults_over_36_years_in_Troms_prospective_study/6665513/1

Aims/Background:Serial blood pressure surveys in cohort studies can inform public health policies to control blood pressure for prevention of cardiovascular diseases.Methods:Mean levels of systolic blood pressure (SBP) were collected in six sequential surveys, involving 38,825 individuals aged 30–79 years (51% female), between 1979 and 2015 in the Tromsø Study in Norway. Mean levels of SBP, prevalence of hypertension and use of blood pressure-lowering treatment were estimated by age, sex and calendar year of survey.Results:Age-specific mean levels of SBP in each decade of age increased by 20–25 mmHg in men and 30–35 mmHg in women and the prevalence of hypertension increased from 25% to 75% among adults aged 30–79 years. Among successive cohorts of adults aged 40–49 years at the time of the six surveys between 1979 and 2015, the mean levels of SBP declined by about 10 mmHg and the prevalence of hypertension declined from 46% to 25% in men and from 30% to 14% in women. The proportion of individuals with ...