The burden and correlates of hypertension in rural Ghana: A cross-sectional study

Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 123-128

  Williams, Emmanuel Ato ^a   Keenan, Kendra Elizabeth ^b   Ansong, Daniel ^c   Simpson, Laura Marie ^b   Boakye, Isaac ^a   Boaheng, Joseph Marfo ^a   Awuah, Dominic ^a   Nkyi, Clara Appiagyei ^d   Nyannor, Isaac ^a   Arhin, Bernard ^a   Alder, Stephen ^e   Benson, Lowell Scott ^e   Dickerson, Ty Triston ^e  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d Eastern Regional Hospital   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Burden; Correlates; Hypertension; Rural

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

AFRICA; BURDEN; CORRELATES; HYPERTENSION; RURAL;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84882265463     PISSN: 18714021     EISSN: 18780334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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