| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Hypertension is the most common problem for which patients visit physicians.1 More than one half of all persons older than 65 years have hypertension, often isolated systolic hypertension.2 Improved control of hypertension has contributed to reductions of nearly 60 percent in stroke-related deaths and 53 percent in deaths from ischemic heart disease since 1972.
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