June 5, 2009Rural and Remote HealthOpen Access

Descriptive epidemiology of blood pressure in a rural adult population in Northern Ghana

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574 adults aged 18 to 65 years from a representative rural sample in Kassena-Nankana District of Northern…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

SKSetor K. KunutsorGeneral / Preventive / Lipids JPJohn PowlesJohns Hopkins University

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Implication

May warrant age-focused BP screening in rural West Africa; leaves open longitudinal validation of trends and BMI links.

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Population

574 adults (207 males, 367 females) aged 18 to 65 years from a representative rural sample in Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana.

Outcome

Blood pressure levels and their associations with anthropometric indices, age, sex, and time of BP measurementsurrogate

In a rural West African population, average blood pressures are not notably high but increase with age and BMI, with a 19.3% prevalence of casual high BP.

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Kunutsor et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a72c2acb27f158178281f14 https://doi.org/10.22605/rrh1095

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Hypertension management

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Descriptive epidemiology of blood pressure in a rural adult population in Northern Ghana

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Structured PICO

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