Prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in adults from a rural community in Ghana

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-352

  Cook Huynh, Mariana ^b   Ansong, Daniel ^a   Steckelberg, Rachel Christine ^b   Boakye, Isaac ^a   Seligman, Katherine ^b   Appiah, Lambert ^a   Kumar, Neha ^b   Amuasi, John H ^a,c  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa, diabetes; Ghana; Hypertension; Prevalence; Rural

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GHANA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866947503     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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