Many patients do not understand the risk factors for high blood pressure. In fact, a recent survey showed1:
- 81% are unaware that males are at higher risk
- 64% don't know that age is a risk factor
- 49% are unaware that obesity puts people at risk
- 54% mistakenly identify stress as a risk factor
Even if they have been diagnosed with prehypertension, they often do not know what this means.
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1 Harris Interactive® fielded the online survey on behalf of Calpis Co., Ltd. between May 19 and May 23, 2006 among a nationwide sample of 2,326 U.S. adults 18 years of age or older. The data were weighted to be representative of the total U.S. adult population on the basis of region, age within gender, education, household income, race/ethnicity and propensity to be online.
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