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Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension, Dyslipidaemia and Diabetes Mellitus in an Iranian Population: The Ihhp Study Pubmed



Shirani S1 ; Kelishadi R2 ; Sarrafzadegan N2 ; Khosravi A1 ; Sadri GH1 ; Amani A3 ; Heidari S3 ; Ramezani MA2
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Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Published:2009


Abstract

We used data from the baseline survey from the Isfahan Healthy Heart Programme to determine the prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes among a representative samples of 12 514 adults living in 3 cities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes was 17.3%, 66.3% and 5.6% respectively. Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension were 40.3%, 35.3%, and 9.1% respectively. The rates for dyslipidaemia were 14.4%, 7.1% and 6.5% respectively, and 54.6% of diabetics were aware of their disease and 46.2% were under treatment.
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