High prevalence of hypertension and of risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs): A population based cross-sectional survey of NCDS and HIV infection in Northwestern Tanzania and Southern Uganda

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kavishe, Bazil ^a   Biraro, Samuel ^b   Baisley, Kathy ^c   Vanobberghen, Fiona ^a,c   Kapiga, Saidi ^a,c   Munderi, Paula ^b   Smeeth, Liam ^c   Peck, Robert ^d,e   Mghamba, Janneth ^f   Mutungi, Gerald ^g   Ikoona, Eric ^g   Levin, Jonathan ^b,h   Bou Monclús, Maria Assumpció ^a   Katende, David ^b   Kisanga, Edmund ^a   Hayes, Richard ^c   Grosskurth, Heiner ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

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

^d WEILL BUGANDO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Tanzania)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; diabetes mellitus; heart failure; HIV infection; hypertension; NCD risk factors; Non communicable diseases; obstructive pulmonary disease; WHO STEPS survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIVORCED PERSON; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HIV TEST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TANZANIA; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION; WIDOWED PERSON; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OVERWEIGHT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 84934905680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0357-9     Document Type: Article

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