Yuda TuranaJeslyn TengkawanYook Chin ChiaMichael NathanielJi Guang WangApichard SukonthasarnChen Huan ChenHuynh Van MinhPeera BuranakitjaroenJinho ShinSaulat SiddiqueJennifer M. NailesSungha ParkBoon Wee TeoJorge SisonArieska Ann SoenartaSatoshi HoshideJam Chin TayGuru Prasad SogunuruYuqing ZhangNarsingh VermaTzung Dau WangKazuomi KarioSiriraj HospitalSunway UniversityNational University Health SystemHanyang University Medical CenterJichi Medical UniversityYonsei University Health SystemShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineMadras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology HospitalsNational Taiwan University HospitalKathmandu UniversityUniversity of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical CenterHue UniversityNational Yang-Ming University TaiwanUniversitas Katolik Indonesia Atma JayaUniversitas IndonesiaUniversiti MalayaFuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeNUS Yong Loo Lin School of MedicineKing George's Medical UniversityTan Tock Seng HospitalChiang Mai UniversityMedical Center ManilaPunjab Medical Center2022-08-042022-08-042021-03-01Journal of Clinical Hypertension. Vol.23, No.3 (2021), 513-52117517176152461752-s2.0-85096667710https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/78431Stroke is the primary cause of disability and vascular death worldwide, including Asia. Asian characteristics that differ from the West lead to higher stroke incidence. Stroke epidemiology studies in Asia have shown varying levels of mortality, incidence, prevalence, and burden of disease. Hypertension is the most prevalent risk factor found in Asia. Besides ethnicity that is associated with stroke incidence, both systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and blood pressure variability are positively correlated with stroke incidence. Post-stroke cognitive impairment is one of the sequelae that affect one-third of stroke survivors and has become a significant public health concern that is often neglected despite its increasing prevalence. Therefore, it is very important to prevent recurrence by treating stroke optimally and effectively. Increasing awareness and treatment adherence to hypertension, the leading risk factor for stroke, became the main goal in several countries in Asia.Mahidol UniversityMedicineReviewSCOPUS10.1111/jch.14099