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Helen Johansen
Researcher at Statistics Canada
Publications - 91
Citations - 4534
Helen Johansen is an academic researcher from Statistics Canada. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Myocardial infarction. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 91 publications receiving 4237 citations. Previous affiliations of Helen Johansen include University of Ottawa.
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Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in national surveys from England, the USA and Canada, and correlation with stroke and ischaemic heart disease mortality: a cross-sectional study
Michel Joffres,Emanuela Falaschetti,Cathleen Gillespie,Cynthia Robitaille,Fleetwood Loustalot,Neil Poulter,Finlay A. McAlister,Helen Johansen,Oliver Baclic,Norm R.C. Campbell +9 more
TL;DR: While the current prevention efforts in England should result in future-improved figures, these data still show important gaps in the management of hypertension in these countries, with consequences on stroke and ischaemic heart disease mortality.
Current and future
TL;DR: An overview of patients who were hospitalized in 1993/94 because of acute myocardial infarction is provided and how many AMI patients there could be in the future is projected.
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Changes in the rates of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Canada over the past two decades
Finlay A. McAlister,Kathryn Wilkins,Michel Joffres,Frans H. H. Leenen,George Fodor,Marianne E. Gee,Mark S. Tremblay,Robin L. Walker,Helen Johansen,Norm R.C. Campbell +9 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of hypertension has remained stable among community-dwelling adults in Canada over the past two decades, but the rates for treatment and control of hypertension have improved markedly during this time.
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Blood pressure in Canadian adults.
Kathryn Wilkins,Norman R.C. Campbell,Michel Joffres,Finlay A. McAlister,Marianne Nichol,Susan Quach,Helen Johansen,Mark S. Tremblay +7 more
TL;DR: Level of hypertension awareness, treatment and control among adults aged 20 to 79 years is similar to that reported in 1992, and the level of hypertension control has increased considerably.
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National trends in rates of death and hospital admissions related to acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke, 1994–2004
TL;DR: The rates of death and hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke in Canada changed at different rates over the 10-year study period, with improvements observed across most age and sex groups.