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Hypertension prevalence varies considerably across developing countries, influenced by factors such as dietary salt intake, social structures, and economic barriers to disease control.
Hypertension prevalence varies widely in developing countries, influenced by social structure, diet, and genetics, with economic factors hindering control.
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Suggests tailored hypertension strategies may be warranted in developing countries; leaves open optimal interventions for dietary and economic barriers.
Developing countries vary considerably with respect to the behaviour of the blood pressure among its populations. In many countries hypertension is the commonest cardiovascular disorder; but communities also exist within many of these countries that do not manifest hypertension. Some of the characteristics of such communities include primitive social structures and low dietary salt intake. Some special features of hypertension among African populations and persons of African descent may be related to fundamental differences in cellular handling of cations. Difficulties with hypertension control in developing countries are largely economic. The next decade should attempt to ascertain whether observed variations in hypertension prevalence might provide the key to the pathogenesis of high blood pressure and whether primary prevention might resolve the difficulties the developing world encounters in instituting hypertension control.
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A. C. Ikeme (1989) conducted a review in Hypertension. Hypertension prevalence varies considerably across developing countries, influenced by factors such as dietary salt intake, social structures, and economic barriers to disease control.
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