Kanwal Ashiq, Sana Ashiq, Naureen Shehzadi, Khalid Hussain, Muhammad Tanveer Khan.
Prevalence and control of the hypertension in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.
Pak Heart J Jan ;55(4):421-2.

Hypertension or high blood pressure (BP) is a long-term ailment in which blood pressure in the arteries raises persistently. Blood pressure can be determined using two methods, systolic pressure which is the uppermost pressure and diastolic pressure which is the lowermost blood pressure in the arterial system. It is estimated that worldwide around 1.13 billion persons are suffering from hypertension. In addition, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that 13% of all deaths in the world are caused by hypertension. Furthermore, they set a target to reduce its frequency by 25% from the year 2010 to 2025.1,2 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease that leads to inflammation of the joints and pain. Approximately 1% of the global population is diagnosed with this disease. Rheumatoid arthritis can be associated with multiple comorbidities that can reduce a patient's quality of life (QoL), upturn the economic burden.

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