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Why is control of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa poor?
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 2010, hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 115 mmHg) was the leading cause of death, increasing 67% since 1990. It was also the sixth leading cause of disability, contributing more than 11 million adjusted life years. In SSA, stroke was the main outcome o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26407222 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2015-065 |
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description | In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 2010, hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 115 mmHg) was the leading cause of death, increasing 67% since 1990. It was also the sixth leading cause of disability, contributing more than 11 million adjusted life years. In SSA, stroke was the main outcome of uncontrolled hypertension. Poverty is the major underlying factor for hypertension and cardiovascular disease. This article analyses the causes of poor compliance in the treatment of hypertension in SSA and provides suggestions on the treatment of hypertension in a poverty-stricken continent. |
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spelling | pubmed-46832862016-02-10 Why is control of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa poor? Seedat, YK Cardiovasc J Afr Review Articles In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 2010, hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 115 mmHg) was the leading cause of death, increasing 67% since 1990. It was also the sixth leading cause of disability, contributing more than 11 million adjusted life years. In SSA, stroke was the main outcome of uncontrolled hypertension. Poverty is the major underlying factor for hypertension and cardiovascular disease. This article analyses the causes of poor compliance in the treatment of hypertension in SSA and provides suggestions on the treatment of hypertension in a poverty-stricken continent. Clinics Cardive Publishing 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4683286/ /pubmed/26407222 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2015-065 Text en Copyright © 2015 Clinics Cardive Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Articles Seedat, YK Why is control of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa poor? |
title | Why is control of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa poor? |
title_full | Why is control of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa poor? |
title_fullStr | Why is control of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa poor? |
title_full_unstemmed | Why is control of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa poor? |
title_short | Why is control of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa poor? |
title_sort | why is control of hypertension in sub-saharan africa poor? |
topic | Review Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26407222 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2015-065 |
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