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Japan Systolic Blood Pressure 1986-2002

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General Info
Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
Japan (JPN)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1986 - 12/2002
Data type
Estimate
Summary 

IHME research, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, assesses the relationships between the observed drop in mean systolic blood pressure and the use of antihypertensive medication and lifestyle factors, including body mass index, physical activity, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and dietary salt intake.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Antihypertensive drugs, Blood pressure, Body mass index, Dietary sodium, Physical activity, Tobacco smoking
Related publications and visualizations 
Understanding the decline of mean systolic blood pressure in Japan: an analysis of pooled data from the National Nutrition Survey, 1986-2002
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 12, 2022