Rural-urban difference in blood pressure measurement frequency among elderly with hypertension: a cross-sectional study in Shandong, China.

CONCLUSIONS: There is a big difference in blood pressure measurement between rural and urban elderly. Interventions targeting identified at-risk subgroups, especially for those rural elderly, should be made to reduce such a gap. PMID: 30466482 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30466482?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition - November 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wang Q, Xu L, Sun L, Li J, Qin W, Ding G, Zhang J, Zhu J, Xie S, Yu Z, Zhou C Tags: J Health Popul Nutr Source Type: research