Sentence examples for burden hypertension from inspiring English sources

5 This study also concluded that when compared to non-HIV infected individuals, the HIV-infected veterans experienced a more pronounced increase in disease burden (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, vascular, pulmonary, and renal disease) as well as an increase disease prevalence as they aged.

Given that cardiovascular disease is the highest ranked disease in term of mortality, disability-adjusted life years, and economic burden, hypertension should be approached in a systematic way to be able to coordinate heath care interventions and communicate at both the individual organization and national level.

The existing clinical and economic burden of hypertension underscores the significant needs that remain regarding hypertension therapy.

Analysis of the global burden of hypertension revealed that over 26% of the world's adult population had hypertension in 2000 [ 3].

In a practice-based survey of 250 hypertensive patients in Nigeria, Ilesanmi and colleagues reported a significant economic burden of hypertension treatment such that 52.8% of participants in their study were spending a tenth or more of their income on health care related expenses [ 32].

This disparity is particularly compelling as the internal medicine patients had a much higher burden of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, which are known risk factors for atrial fibrillation.

Pearson correlation coefficients were used for the assessment association between the uptake of the two tracers and the presented cardiovascular risk factors: plaque burden, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, family history, history of cardiovascular disease, body mass index (BMI), age, and gender.

With this foundation in place, HEALTHY HEART AFRICA is poised to tackle the burden of hypertension in Kenya and, eventually, across the continent".

Even though the burden of hypertension is currently centered in economically developed countries (37.3%), developing countries will feel a greater impact due to their larger population proportion.

The study sample is nationally representative which gives it strong generalisability to the country and meaningful insight into the burden of hypertension and mental health in the country.

We found a substantial burden of hypertension in rural Uganda.