What is hypertension?

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Do you know that nearly half of adults in the United States (108 million, or 45%) have hypertension and 22.4% of adults with hypertension are unaware of their condition? How about other countries? Globally, 3.5 billion adults now have non-optimal systolic BP levels (that is, >110–115 mmHg) and 874 million adults have systolic BP ≥140 mmHg. Thus, approximately one in […]