Prevalence of corrected arterial hypertension based on the self-reported prevalence estimated by the Brazilian National Health Survey

• Main Authors: Jessica Pronestino de Lima Moreira (Author), Renan Moritz Varnier Rodrigues de Almeida (Author), Nei Carlos dos Santos Rocha (Author), Ronir Raggio Luiz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective was to correct the self-reported prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) obtained from the Brazilian National Health Survey (PNS 2013). SAH prevalence estimates were corrected by means of sensitivity/specificity of information. Sensitivity and specificity values from a simil...