Peer Reviewed: Hypertension Prevalence Awareness Treatment and Control and Sodium Intake in Shandong Province China: Baseline Results From Shandong–Ministry of Health Action on Salt Reduction and Hypertension (SMASH) 2011

摘要

IntroductionIn China, population-based blood pressure levels and prevalence of hypertension are increasing. Meanwhile, sodium intake, a major risk factor for hypertension, is high. In 2011, to develop intervention priorities for a salt reduction and hypertension control project in Shandong Province (population 96 million), a cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect information on sodium intake and hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control.