High blood pressure: key references and evidence

References

Forouzanfar, M.H., Afshin, A., Alexander, L.T., Anderson, H.R., Bhutta, Z.A., Biryukov, S., Brauer, M., Burnett, R., Cercy, K., Charlson, F.J., et al. (2016). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet 388, 1659–1724.

Joint British Societies' consensus recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (JBS3). Heart 2014;100:ii1 - ii67.

Maryon-Davis A, Press V, on behalf of the Cardiovascular Health Working Group of the Faculty of Public Health. Easing the Pressure: Tackling Hypertension. A toolkit for developing a local strategy to tackle high blood pressure. Faculty of Public Health, 2005. (Project management, and additional writing and research by Lindsey Stewart)

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Clinical guideline NG136: Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management. NICE: 2019.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). Risk estimation and the prevention of cardiovascular disease (SIGN 149). SIGN, 2017.

Effectiveness evidence

ScotPHO's purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic. These links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative.

NHS Health Scotland: Scottish briefings on NICE public health guidance

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

Cochrane Library: Browse by topic

EPPI-Centre: Evidence library

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Evidence services: Evidence search

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance: Find guidance

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

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