Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among adults in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Awoke, Akilew ^a   Awoke, Tadesse ^a   Alemu, Shitaye ^a   Megabiaw, Berihun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Blood Pressure; Ethiopia; Hypertension; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84870058810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-113     Document Type: Article

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