作者
Onoja M Akpa, Felix Made, Akinlolu Ojo, Bruce Ovbiagele, Dwomoa Adu, Ayesha A Motala, Bongani M Mayosi, Sally N Adebamowo, Mark E Engel, Bamidele Tayo, Charles Rotimi, Babatunde Salako, Rufus Akinyemi, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Fred Sarfo, Kolawole Wahab, Godfred Agongo, Marianne Alberts, Stuart A Ali, Gershim Asiki, Romuald P Boua, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Felistas Mashinya, Lisa Micklesfield, Shukri F Mohamed, Engelbert A Nonterah, Shane A Norris, Hermann Sorgho, Stephen Tollman, Rulan S Parekh, Chishala Chishala, Kenneth Ekoru, Salina P Waddy, Emmanuel Peprah, George A Mensah, Ken Wiley, Jennifer Troyer, Michèle Ramsay, Mayowa O Owolabi, as members of the CVD Working Group of the H3Africa Consortium
发表日期
2020/5
期刊
Hypertension
卷号
75
期号
5
页码范围
1167-1178
出版商
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
简介
Hypertension and obesity are the most important modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, but their association is not well characterized in Africa. We investigated regional patterns and association of obesity with hypertension among 30 044 continental Africans. We harmonized data on hypertension (defined as previous diagnosis/use of antihypertensive drugs or blood pressure [BP]≥140/90 mmHg/BP≥130/80 mmHg) and obesity from 30 044 individuals in the Cardiovascular H3Africa Innovation Resource across 13 African countries. We analyzed data from population-based controls and the Entire Harmonized Dataset. Age-adjusted and crude proportions of hypertension were compared regionally, across sex, and between hypertension definitions. Logit generalized estimating equation was used to determine the independent association of obesity with hypertension (P value <5%). Participants were 56 …
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