Hypertension and Pre-Hypertension Among Iranian Adults Population: a Meta-Analysis of Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control

Purpose of ReviewThis meta-analysis and systematic review was conducted to evaluate hypertension and prehypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in Iranian adults population.Recent FindingsIn this study, six international and national databases were searched from inception until August 30, 2018. Forty-eight studies performed on 417,392 participants were included in the meta-analysis. Based on the results of random effect method (95% CI), the overall prevalence of pre-hypertension, hypertension, awareness, treatment, and control were 31.6% (95% CI 24.9, 38.3; I2=99.7%), 20.4% (95% CI 16.5, 24.4; I2=99.9%), 49.3% (95% CI 44.8, 53.8; I2=98.5%), 44.8% (95% CI 28.3, 61.2; I2=99.9%), 37.4% (95% CI 29.0, 45.8; I2=99.3%), respectively.SummaryConsidering the increasing prevalence of pre-hypertension, hypertension, as well as more than half of the participants were unaware of their disease and were not treated, the results of the present study can help policy-makers to increase hypertension awareness, control, and treatment, especially in high-risk individuals.