Lots of people have high blood pressure, cholesterol, or blood sugar without knowing it because they haven’t been checked — and that means we’re probably underestimating how common these health risks really are.
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The study found that many people with high blood pressure don’t know they have it because they haven’t been checked, which means official numbers likely miss a lot of cases.
Blood Pressure and Hypertension in Adolescents and Young Adults: Results From a Nationwide Screening Program
The study checked blood pressure in young men who hadn’t been screened before and found many had high blood pressure without knowing it. This shows that not screening leads to missing cases, which supports the claim.
The study found that 1 in 5 people had high blood pressure without knowing it, showing that many cases are missed without active screening. This supports the idea that we often underestimate how common such health risks really are.
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