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Prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among urban communities of North Sudan: Detecting a silent killer
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a common global health problem in many countries including Sudan. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for high blood pressure (BP) in River Nile State (RNS), Sudan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community-based, cross-sectional study...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5290768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217591 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.197317 |
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author | Bushara, Sarra O. Noor, Sufian K. Ibraheem, Abd Alaziz H. Elmadhoun, Wadie M. Ahmed, Mohamed H. |
author_facet | Bushara, Sarra O. Noor, Sufian K. Ibraheem, Abd Alaziz H. Elmadhoun, Wadie M. Ahmed, Mohamed H. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a common global health problem in many countries including Sudan. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for high blood pressure (BP) in River Nile State (RNS), Sudan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted by a house-to-house survey; all consented adults from the main four cities, Atbara, Shendi, Ed Damer, and Berber, were interviewed using standardized pretested questionnaire to record medical history, sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics. BP was measured using the standardized technique. Body mass index, waist circumference, and blood glucose were also determined. RESULTS: A total of 954 individuals were included in the study. The mean age was 39.5 ± 16.6 years and 54.3% were females. The prevalence of hypertension was 35.7% and the newly diagnosed cases were 22.4%. Increasing age, low educational level, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and central obesity were found to be risk factors for hypertension. CONCLUSION: Hypertension is diagnosed in more than one-third of the population living in urban communities of RNS and correlates well with features of the metabolic syndrome. |
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spelling | pubmed-52907682017-02-17 Prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among urban communities of North Sudan: Detecting a silent killer Bushara, Sarra O. Noor, Sufian K. Ibraheem, Abd Alaziz H. Elmadhoun, Wadie M. Ahmed, Mohamed H. J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a common global health problem in many countries including Sudan. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for high blood pressure (BP) in River Nile State (RNS), Sudan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted by a house-to-house survey; all consented adults from the main four cities, Atbara, Shendi, Ed Damer, and Berber, were interviewed using standardized pretested questionnaire to record medical history, sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics. BP was measured using the standardized technique. Body mass index, waist circumference, and blood glucose were also determined. RESULTS: A total of 954 individuals were included in the study. The mean age was 39.5 ± 16.6 years and 54.3% were females. The prevalence of hypertension was 35.7% and the newly diagnosed cases were 22.4%. Increasing age, low educational level, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and central obesity were found to be risk factors for hypertension. CONCLUSION: Hypertension is diagnosed in more than one-third of the population living in urban communities of RNS and correlates well with features of the metabolic syndrome. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5290768/ /pubmed/28217591 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.197317 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Bushara, Sarra O. Noor, Sufian K. Ibraheem, Abd Alaziz H. Elmadhoun, Wadie M. Ahmed, Mohamed H. Prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among urban communities of North Sudan: Detecting a silent killer |
title | Prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among urban communities of North Sudan: Detecting a silent killer |
title_full | Prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among urban communities of North Sudan: Detecting a silent killer |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among urban communities of North Sudan: Detecting a silent killer |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among urban communities of North Sudan: Detecting a silent killer |
title_short | Prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among urban communities of North Sudan: Detecting a silent killer |
title_sort | prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among urban communities of north sudan: detecting a silent killer |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5290768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217591 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.197317 |
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