Birth cohort differences in hypertension control in a Brazilian population of older elderly: the Bambuí cohort study of aging (1997 and 2008) Diferenças de coorte por nascimento no controle da hipertensão entre idosos mais velhos: estudo de coorte de idosos de Bambuí (1997 e 2008)

• Main Authors: Josélia O. A. Firmo (Author), Sérgio Viana Peixoto (Author), Antônio Ignácio de Loyola Filho (Author), Elizabeth Uchôa (Author), Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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We examined for cohort differences in hypertension control between participants in the Bambuí Cohort Study of Aging of aging born 1916-1926 and 1927-1937. Participants included hypertensive elderly aged 71-81 at baseline (n = 313) and at 11th wave follow up (n = 484). Prevalence of hypertension awa...