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Two-Thirds of Adults in the UK with High Blood Pressure Do Not Know They Have It
Oxford researchers found 59% of adults with high blood pressure in England were unaware of it, while only half of GP-treated cases were controlled.
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Two-thirds of adults in the UK with high blood pressure do not know they have it
More than one-third of adults in England have high blood pressure, and two-thirds of them are unaware of their diagnosis, according to a new study of 1.4 million adults published in BMJ Public Health. The study also reported that only half of adults with high blood pressure who are treated by a doctor have their condition adequately controlled.
·Douglas, United Kingdom
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High blood pressure: Only half of people ‘treated by GP have it under control’
Other evidence suggests even when patients have high blood pressure in an NHS Health Check in their GP surgery, they are not prescribed drugs.
·London, United Kingdom
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