National, regional, and global trends in systolic blood pressure since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 786 country-years and 5·4 million participants
The LancetPublished 1 February 2011
Goodarz Danaei, Mariel M. Finucane, John K. Lin, Gitanjali M Singh, Christopher Paciorek, Melanie Cowan
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On average, global population SBP decreased slightly since 1980, but trends varied significantly across regions and countries, and SBP is currently highest in low-income and middle-income countries.
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Funding Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and WHO.
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