Association of body weight and physical activity with blood pressure in a rural population in the Dikgale village of Limpopo Province in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Africa is faced with an increasing burden of hypertension attributed mainly to physical inactivity and obesity. Paucity of population based evidence in the African continent hinders the implementation effective preventive and control strategies. The aim of this study was to determine the...

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Autores principales: Mkhonto, Seth S, Labadarios, Demetre, Mabaso, Musawenkosi LH
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3392726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22361366
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-118

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3392726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22361366
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-118

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