Hypertension prevalence in a representative sample of Greek adults: The Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS)

Emmanuella Magriplis, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Costas Tsioufis, Anastasia Vasiliki Mitsopoulou, Dimitra Karageorgou, Ioannis Dimakopoulos, Ioanna Bakogianni, Michalis Chourdakis, Renata Micha, George Michas, Triantafyllia Ntouroupi, Sophia Maria Tsaniklidou, Kostantina Argyri, Antonis Zampelas, Evangelia Fappa, Eleni Maria Theodoraki, Eirini Trichia, Theodora Eirini Sialvera, Aggeliki Varytimiadi, Eleni SpyreliAntonis Koutelidakis, George Karlis, Stauroula Zacharia, Anna Papageorgiou, George P. Chrousos, Georgios Dedoussis, George Dimitriadis, Yiannis Manios, Eleftheria Roma

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)217-218
Number of pages2
JournalHellenic Journal of Cardiology
Volume61
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2020
Externally publishedYes

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