Open AccessHypertension prevalence and risk factors among residents of four slum communities
Author(s) -
Olga Tymejczyk,
Margaret L. McNairy,
Jacky S. Petion,
Vanessa Rivera,
Audrey Dorélien,
Mireille Peck,
Grace Seo,
Kathleen F. Walsh,
Daniel W. Fitzgerald,
Robert Peck,
Ashish Joshi,
Jean William Pape,
Denis Nash
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.249
H-Index - 172
eISSN - 1473-5598
pISSN - 0263-6352
DOI - 10.1097/hjh.0000000000001966
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , odds ratio , obesity , population , confidence interval , anthropometry , risk factor , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , sociology
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors among adults in four slum communities in Port-au-Prince.