<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alexander, Lori</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diaz, Rafael</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PURE: Treatment and Control of Hypertension</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012-10-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20-21</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hypertension is a global epidemic; yet rates of awareness, treatment, and control are lower than expected around the world, according to the results of the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology [PURE] study. The overall prevalence of hypertension was approximately 41%, with fewer than half of people with hypertension being aware of the diagnosis or being treated for it, and only 13% of those with a diagnosis of hypertension having controlled blood pressure.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume></record></records></xml>