One in three Malaysian adults have high blood pressure

15/03/2013: One in three or about 32.7 per cent of Malaysians aged 18 years and above are now believed to have high blood pressure, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. The average consumption of salt by Malaysian is 8.7 grammes daily which is 1.7 times higher than the World Health Organisation`s recommendation of 5 grammes a day/Bernama