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In the urban population of Dar es Salaam, cardiovascular risk factors are highly prevalent, with socioeconomic status being inversely associated with blood pressure and smoking, but directly associated with body mass index. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

February 1, 2002International Journal of Epidemiology

Distribution of blood pressure, body mass index and smoking habits in the urban population of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and associations with socioeconomic status

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Population

9,254 people aged 25-64 years in five branches of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

PBPascal BovetPreventive Cardiology ARAllen G. RossHeart Failure & Transplant JGJean‐Pierre GervasoniSt George's, University of London

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Implication

Supports targeted CVD surveillance in urban Tanzania; hypothesis-generating for SES gradients and requires prospective validation.

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Population

9,254 people aged 25-64 years in five branches of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Outcome

Distribution of blood pressure, body mass index, smoking habits and their associations with socioeconomic statussurrogate

There is a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in urban Tanzania, with socioeconomic status inversely associated with blood pressure and smoking, but directly associated with BMI.

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Bovet et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bd385ea84844e355f099d https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/31.1.240

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Distribution of blood pressure, body mass index and smoking habits in the urban population of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and associations with socioeconomic status

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Distribution of blood pressure, body mass index and smoking habits in the urban population of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and associations with socioeconomic status

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