Insight into blood pressure targets for universal coverage of hypertension services in Iran: the 2017 ACC/AHA versus JNC 8 hypertension guidelines

• Egile Nagusiak: Mahdi Mahdavi (Egilea), Mahboubeh Parsaeian (Egilea), Bahram Mohajer (Egilea), Mitra Modirian (Egilea), Naser Ahmadi (Egilea), Moein Yoosefi (Egilea), Parinaz Mehdipour (Egilea), Shirin Djalalinia (Egilea), Nazila Rezaei (Egilea), Rosa Haghshenas (Egilea), Forough Pazhuheian (Egilea), Zahra Madadi (Egilea), Mahdi Sabooni (Egilea), Farideh Razi (Egilea), Siamak Mirab Samiee (Egilea), Farshad Farzadfar (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background We compared the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Iran based on two hypertension guidelines; the 2017 ACC/AHA -with an aggressive blood pressure target of 130/80 mmHg- and the commonly used JNC8 guideline cut-off of 140/90 mmHg. We shed light on the...