Pattern of blood pressure distribution and prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension among adults in Northern Ethiopia: Disclosing the hidden burden

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mengistu, Mekoya D ^a,b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Prehypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898596849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-33     Document Type: Article

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