High blood pressure and associated risk factors as indicator of preclinical hypertension in rural West Africa: A focus on children and adolescents in The Gambia

Hypertension is fast becoming a major public health problem across sub-Saharan Africa. We sought to determine the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and associated risk factors as indicator of preclinical hypertension in a rural Gambian population. We analyzed data on 6160 healthy Gambians cross...

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Autores principales: Jobe, Modou, Agbla, Schadrac C., Prentice, Andrew M., Hennig, Branwen J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5380241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28353557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000006170

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5380241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28353557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000006170

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