Population
People in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly adults over 25 years of age, with or at risk for hypertension.
Design
Review
Authors
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Elevated SBP raises IHD risk from 120 mm Hg onward; confirms dose-response relationship and supports intensified BP screening.
Hypertension is a rapidly growing epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa characterized by extremely low rates of diagnosis, treatment, and control, necessitating locally adapted, cost-effective public health and management strategies.
Yoruk et al. (2017) studied this question.
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