Authors
Goodarz Danaei, Mariel M Finucane, John K Lin, Gitanjali M Singh, Christopher J Paciorek, Melanie J Cowan, Farshad Farzadfar, Gretchen A Stevens, Stephen S Lim, Leanne M Riley, Majid Ezzati, Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (Blood Pressure
Publication date
2011/2/18
Journal
The Lancet
Volume
377
Issue
9765
Pages
568-577
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Background
Data for trends in blood pressure are needed to understand the effects of its dietary, lifestyle, and pharmacological determinants; set intervention priorities; and evaluate national programmes. However, few worldwide analyses of trends in blood pressure have been done. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean systolic blood pressure (SBP).
Methods
We estimated trends and their uncertainties in mean SBP for adults 25 years and older in 199 countries and territories. We obtained data from published and unpublished health examination surveys and epidemiological studies (786 country-years and 5·4 million participants). For each sex, we used a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate mean SBP by age, country, and year, accounting for whether a study was nationally representative.
Findings
In 2008, age-standardised mean SBP worldwide was 128·1 mm Hg (95% uncertainty interval 126 …
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