May Measurement Month 2017: the results of blood pressure screening of 14 845 individuals in Kenya—Sub-Saharan Africa

Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a growing burden worldwide leading to over 10 million deaths each year. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension. In Kenya, 24.5% of adults have elevated BP with lack of awareness being the main barrier to achieving satisfactory contr...

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Autores principales: Ogola, Elijah N, Barasa, Felix, Barasa, Anders L, Gitura, Bernard M, Njunguna, Benson, Beaney, Thomas, Xia, Xin, Poulter, Neil R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6479497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31043883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz059

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