TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypertension prevalence in a representative sample of Greek adults
T2 - The Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS)
AU - Magriplis, Emmanuella
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes
AU - Tsioufis, Costas
AU - Mitsopoulou, Anastasia Vasiliki
AU - Karageorgou, Dimitra
AU - Dimakopoulos, Ioannis
AU - Bakogianni, Ioanna
AU - Chourdakis, Michalis
AU - Micha, Renata
AU - Michas, George
AU - Ntouroupi, Triantafyllia
AU - Tsaniklidou, Sophia Maria
AU - Argyri, Kostantina
AU - Zampelas, Antonis
AU - Fappa, Evangelia
AU - Theodoraki, Eleni Maria
AU - Trichia, Eirini
AU - Sialvera, Theodora Eirini
AU - Varytimiadi, Aggeliki
AU - Spyreli, Eleni
AU - Koutelidakis, Antonis
AU - Karlis, George
AU - Zacharia, Stauroula
AU - Papageorgiou, Anna
AU - Chrousos, George P.
AU - Dedoussis, Georgios
AU - Dimitriadis, George
AU - Manios, Yiannis
AU - Roma, Eleftheria
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - Hypertension is a major risk of cardiovascular diseases. In Greece, large cross-sectional studies have reported a prevalence of hypertension between 13 and 27%1,2, with approximately 40% of the population being aware of their status and 33%-34% having their hypertension controlled3,4. Result generalizability to the Greek adult population, however, can be questioned, despite the large sample sizes because the samples were collected from hospitals and clinics and not from the general population3, or from rural and urban areas of the Attica prefecture (Greece)3. In summary, despite the detrimental aspects of hypertension, limited data from a representative sample have been reported in Greece. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hypertension in a national representative sample of Greek adults.
AB - Hypertension is a major risk of cardiovascular diseases. In Greece, large cross-sectional studies have reported a prevalence of hypertension between 13 and 27%1,2, with approximately 40% of the population being aware of their status and 33%-34% having their hypertension controlled3,4. Result generalizability to the Greek adult population, however, can be questioned, despite the large sample sizes because the samples were collected from hospitals and clinics and not from the general population3, or from rural and urban areas of the Attica prefecture (Greece)3. In summary, despite the detrimental aspects of hypertension, limited data from a representative sample have been reported in Greece. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hypertension in a national representative sample of Greek adults.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hjc.2019.10.013
DO - 10.1016/j.hjc.2019.10.013
M3 - Other Journal Article
C2 - 31756493
AN - SCOPUS:85092305249
SN - 1109-9666
VL - 61
SP - 217
EP - 218
JO - Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
JF - Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -