Description

For sample persons age 17 and old who have ever been told by a doctor that they had high blood pressure or hypertension and whose high blood pressure was not cured, HYPSYMPTOMS reports if the person can tell when his or her blood pressure is high (that is, he or she has hypertensive symptoms).

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Comparability

There are no comparability issues.

Universe

Availability

• 1974

Weights

• 1974 : SAMPWEIGHT