Prevalence and income-related equity in hypertension in rural China from 1991 to 2011: differences between self-reported and tested measures

• Main Authors: Dan Cao (Author), Zhongliang Zhou (Author), Yafei Si (Author), Xiao Xiao (Author), Xiao Wang (Author), Chi Shen (Author), Yangling Ren (Author), Min Su (Author), Shuyi He (Author), Jianmin Gao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Along with economic growth and living standard improvement, hypertension has become one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in China. Self-reported measures and tested measures of hypertension may differ significantly due to the low awareness of prevalence. The objective of th...