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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...
Autores principales: | Takah, Noah, Dzudie, Anastase, Ndjebet, Jules, Wawo, Guela, Kamdem, Félicité, Monkam, Yves, Luma, Henry, Ngu, Kathleen Blackett, Kengne, André Pascal |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2014
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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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