Hypertension among older adults in lowand middle-income countries: Prevalence, awareness and control

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 116-128

  Lloyd Sherlock, Peter ^a   Beard, John ^b   Minicuci, Nadia ^c   Ebrahim, Shah ^d   Chatterji, Somnath ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c National Research Counci Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Hypertension; Older people; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGING POPULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICA; ASIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84896876554     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt215     Document Type: Article

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