Open AccessDeterminants of Hypertension in Urban Uganda: A Community-Based Case-Control Study
Author(s) -
Jerome H. Chin,
Aska Twinobuhungiro,
Alexander T. Sandhu,
Norbert Hootsmans,
James Kayima,
Robert Kalyesubula
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ethnicity and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1945-0826
pISSN - 1049-510X
DOI - 10.18865/ed.27.1.15
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , overweight , body mass index , anthropometry , odds ratio , obesity , demography , logistic regression , sociology
Rapid urbanization is changing the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to identify the determinants of raised blood pressure in urban Uganda to highlight targets for preventive interventions.
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