Ambulatory blood pressure measurement in the main cities of Cameroon: prevalence of masked and white coat hypertension, and influence of body mass index

INTRODUCTION: Identifying White Coat Hypertension (WCH) may avoid inappropriate commitment of individuals to lifelong and costly blood pressure (BP) lowering medications’. We assessed the prevalence and determinants of WCH in urban clinical settings in Cameroon. METHODS: Participants were a consecut...

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Autores principales: Takah, Noah, Dzudie, Anastase, Ndjebet, Jules, Wawo, Guela, Kamdem, Félicité, Monkam, Yves, Luma, Henry, Ngu, Kathleen Blackett, Kengne, André Pascal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25848455
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.240.4887

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25848455
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.240.4887

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