Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension in Burkina Faso: a countrywide cross-sectional study

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• 作者：Joseph Kouesyandé Soubeiga ; Tieba Millogo ; Brice W. Bicaba…
• 关键词：Hypertension ; Prevalence ; Risk Factors ; Burkina Faso ; NCDs
• 刊名：BMC Public Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：429KB
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Medicine/Public Health, general; Epidemiology; Environmental Health; Biostatistics; Vaccine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2458
• 卷排序：17

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BackgroundHigh blood pressure (HBP) is an increasing public health issue for developing countries. HBP is an important contributing factor to many non-communicable diseases that were until very recently thought to be rare in developing countries. There is not enough evidence on its burden and risk factors in Africa. We report in this study on the prevalence and factors associated with HBP in the adult and active population of Burkina Faso from a nationally representative sample.