1999–2009 trends in prevalence, unawareness, treatment and control of hypertension in geneva, switzerland1999 - 2009年的流行趋势,未觉察到,在瑞士日内瓦的治疗和控制高血压.pdfVIP

1999–2009 Trends in Prevalence, Unawareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Geneva, Switzerland 1,2,3 2 1 1 ` Idris Guessous *, Murielle Bochud , Jean-Marc Theler , Jean-Michel Gaspoz , Antoinette Pechere- Bertschi3 1 Unit of Population Epidemiology, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, 2 Community Prevention Unit, University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland, 3 Unit of Hypertension, Departments of Specialties of Medicine and Community Medicine and Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland Abstract Background: There are no time trends in prevalence, unawareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Switzerland. The objective of this study was to analyze these trends and to determine the associated factors. Methods/Findings: Population-based study conducted in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, between 1999 and 2009. Blood pressure was measured thrice using a standard protocol. Hypertension was defined as mean systolic or diastolic blood pressure $140/90 mmHg or self-reported hypertension or anti-hypertensive medication. Unawareness, untreated and uncontrolled hypertension was determined by questionnaires/blood pressure measurements. Yearly age-standardized prevalences and adjusted associations for the 1999–2003 and 2004–2009 survey periods were reported. The 10-year survey included 9,215 participants aged 35 to 74 years. Hypertension remained stable (34.4%). Hypertension unawareness decrea