Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in a self-selected sub-Saharan African urban population: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Dzudie, Anastase ^a,b   Kengne, André Pascal ^c   Muna, Walinjom F T ^d,e   Ba, Hamadou ^e   Menanga, Alain ^d,e   Kouam, Charles Kouam ^f   Abah, Joseph ^g   Monkam, Yves ^a   Biholong, Christian ^a   Mintom, Pierre ^e   Kamdem, Félicité ^a   Djomou, Armel ^a   Ndjebet, Jules ^a   Wambo, Cyrille ^a   Luma, Henry ^a   Ngu, Kathleen Blackett ^h   Kingue, Samuel ^d,e  

^a DOUALA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences   (Cameroon)

^e YAOUNDÉ GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^f Department of Internal Medicine   (Cameroon)

^g Department of Internal Medicine   (Cameroon)

^h University Teaching Hospital Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84865956788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001217     Document Type: Article

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