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ReviewJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2021

Hypertension in a multi-ethnic Asian population of Singapore.

Gek Cher Chan, Boon Wee Teo, Jam Chin Tay, Chen-Huan Chen, Hao-Min Cheng, Tzung-Dau Wang, Yuda Turana, Kazuomi Kario, Yook-Chin Chia, Kelvin Tsoi and 3 more

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Review in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Health-related quality of life among multiethnic public polyclinic users in Singapore and associated factors: a cross-sectional study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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  11. Hypertension in a multi-ethnic Asian population of Singapore.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Gek Cher ChanDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore City, Singapore.
Boon Wee TeoDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore City, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-4911-8507
Jam Chin TayDepartment of General Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore City, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-7657-4383
Chen-Huan ChenDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-9262-0287
Hao-Min ChengDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-3885-6600
Tzung-Dau WangDivision of Cardiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-7180-3607
Yuda TuranaSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.ORCID 0000-0003-4527-0285
Kazuomi KarioDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8251-4480
Yook-Chin ChiaDepartment of Medical Sciences, School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-1995-0359
Kelvin TsoiJC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0001-5580-7686
Guru Prasad SogunuruMIOT International Hospital, Chennai, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1410-9328
Jennifer NailesDepartment of Preventive and Community Medicine, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center Inc, Quezon City, Philippines.
HOPE Asia Network

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of hypertension varies by country and region, but it remains a leading yet modifiable risk factor of cardiovascular disease. There are many factors that contribute to the burden of hypertension in Asia, a region with diverse ethnicity. It has been shown that sociodemographic variability is related to ethnic differences, thereby emphasizing the importance of hypertension screening and educating at-risk or vulnerable groups. In this review, we describe the ethnic differences in genetic variants, dietary choice, and lifestyle habits, as well as its association with sociodemographic differences, hypertension awareness, and treatment control.

Indexed as

EthnicityHypertensionAsiaAsian PeopleCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPrevalenceRisk FactorsSingaporegeneticshypertensionlifestyle habitsmultiethnicitysociodemographics

Identifiers

PMID33340436
PMCPMC8029544

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