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. 2016 Sep;68 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S251-S252.
doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2016.08.003. Epub 2016 Aug 21.

Awareness, treatment adherence and risk predictors of uncontrolled hypertension at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Western India

Rahul Choudhary  1 , Shashi Mohan Sharma  2 , Vimla Kumari  3 , Dinesh Gautam  2
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Awareness, treatment adherence and risk predictors of uncontrolled hypertension at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Western India

Rahul Choudhary et al. Indian Heart J. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

Introduction: Hypertension still remains poorly controlled.

Result: Adequate BP control was achieved in 37.4% of patients and significant attributes for poor control were BMI, marital status, literacy, socioeconomic status, smoking, medication adherence, absence of side effects, number of drugs, number of years on drug therapy and co-morbid conditions.

Keywords: Adherence; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension.

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