Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cross-Sectional Surveys in Four Rural and Urban Communities

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of adult mortality in low-income countries but data on the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension are scarce, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study aims to assess the prevalence of hypertension and det...

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Hauptverfasser: Hendriks, Marleen E., Wit, Ferdinand W. N. M., Roos, Marijke T. L., Brewster, Lizzy M., Akande, Tanimola M., de Beer, Ingrid H., Mfinanga, Sayoki G., Kahwa, Amos M., Gatongi, Peter, Van Rooy, Gert, Janssens, Wendy, Lammers, Judith, Kramer, Berber, Bonfrer, Igna, Gaeb, Esegiel, van der Gaag, Jacques, Rinke de Wit, Tobias F., Lange, Joep M. A., Schultsz, Constance
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2012
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299675/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427857
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032638
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