Issue: Vojnosanit Pregl 2014; Vol. 71 (No. 3)

Prevalence of hypertension in adults in the Šumadija District, Serbia – A cross-sectional study

Authors:
Mirjana Marinković, Nevenka Ilić,Dragoljub Djokić, Vesna Andrejević,Gordana Damjanović, Goran Samardžić, Sanja Tufegdžić, Mila Vuþić-Janković

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World Health Organization (WHO) studies on the global level have shown that one of the major problems of the public health is hypertension. Blood pressure level greater than 140/90 mmHg is directly and predictively linked to other cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this research was to determine the prevalence of hypertension and the risk groups among the adult population in the Šumadija District, Serbia.