Current and projected prevalence of arterial hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa by sex, age and habitat: An estimate from population studies

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1243-1252

  Twagirumukiza, Marc ^a,c   De Bacquer, Dirk ^b   Kips, Jan G ^c   De Backer, Guy ^b   Stichele, Robert Vander ^c   Van Bortel, Luc M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b Department of Public Health ^*  (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

African Continental Ancestry Groups; cost of illness; hypertension; prevalence; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; CAMEROON; COTE D'IVOIRE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENDER; GHANA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAURITANIA; NIGERIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79958766570     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328346995d     Document Type: Review

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