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Heavy khat (Catha edulis) chewing and dyslipidemia as modifiable hypertensive risk factors among patients in Southwest, Ethiopia: Unmatched case-control study

BACKGROUND: The burden of hypertension is more devastating in low-and middle-income countries, including sub-Saharan Africa than in high-income countries. Among the modifiable risk factors, dyslipidemia and khat chewing were expanding at an alarming rate in Ethiopia but were still underestimated. Th...

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Autores principales: Gebremedhin, Meron Hadis, Lake, Eyasu Alem, Gebrekirstos, Lielt Gebreselassie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8547649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34699551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259078