Prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors in southwest Ethiopia: A hospital-based cross-sectional survey

Integrated Blood Pressure Control

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-117

  Kebede Gudina, Esayas ^a   Michael, Yadani ^a   Assegid, Sahilu ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Ethiopia; Hypertension; Jimma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COFFEE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY INTERVENTION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 84881000802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787104     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/IBPC.S47298     Document Type: Article

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