Publication: Hypertension study among attendants at the board of investment fair 2000
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2006-11-01
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01252208
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Mahidol University
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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.89, No.SUPPL. 5 (2006)
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Peera Buranakitjaroen, Meta Phoojaroenchanachai, Surachai Saravich Hypertension study among attendants at the board of investment fair 2000. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.89, No.SUPPL. 5 (2006). Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/23498
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Hypertension study among attendants at the board of investment fair 2000
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To study the prevalence of hypertension, blood pressure (BP) controlled and cardiovascular risk factors in people who attended the Board of Investment 2002 Fair (BOI Fair). Altogether 1,774 participants aged more than 15 years old voluntarily participated in BP check-ups during the 3rd-17 th February 2000 at the BOI Fair. Three hundred and fifty participants (19.7%) were known cases of hypertension (HT) and 340 participants (19.2%) were newly diagnosed hypertension cases (NHT). Of the HT group, 216 cases were under current treatment (61.7%) and only 69 cases (31.9%) had adequate BP control. Of the NHT group, cardiovascular risk factors were found more frequently than in normotensive participants. This study indicates the necessity of building up awareness in the population, improving in clinical detection, effectively controlling of the risk factors and the normalization of BP. This might prevent hypertension and reduce the cardiovascular disease.