Why the study?
Achieving blood pressure targets remains a major challenge, and the actual burden of uncontrolled hypertension is poorly understood, particularly in developing countries.
Population
329 individuals receiving primary healthcare for hypertension in Mkhondo Municipality, South Africa
Design
Cross-sectional study
Authors
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High uncontrolled hypertension prevalence in rural primary care warrants attention; leaves open causal links and intervention effects on obesity and dyslipidemia.
Over half of primary care patients with hypertension in a rural South African municipality have uncontrolled blood pressure, which is strongly associated with obesity, physical inactivity, and dyslipidemia.
Masilela et al. (2020) studied this question.
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