Background. Hypertension (HPT) and its complications continue to pose a global threat and
contribute to premature mortality worldwide. The adverse interactions between HPT, obesity …

Abstract Aim Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), of which hypertension is a major risk factor,
are predicted to account for four times as many deaths as from communicable diseases by …

Hypertension prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa is high and it is the main driver for
cardiovascular diseases in the region. Cardiovascular diseases are associated with high …

Hypertension has been reported to be a major health threat in the World, particularly in
Africa and other lower-and-middle-incomecountries (LMIC)(Shin & Varghese, 2014) …

Sub-Saharan Africa's (sSA) epidemiological transition has been coined as a 'double burden
of disease', from managing care for communicable diseases, such as tuberculosis and …

Hypertension has always been regarded as a disease of affluence but this has changed
drastically in the last two decades with average blood pressures now higher in Africa than in …

This study investigates the provincial variation in hypertension prevalence in South Africa in
2012 and 2016, adjusting for individual level demographic, behavioural and socio-economic …

Introduction: high blood pressure is the most common cardiovascular disorder affecting
approximately one billion people globally and remains a major contributor to the global …

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of adult mortality in low-
income countries but data on the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors such as …

Introduction: Hypertension burden is increasing in Africa. Evidence suggests a higher
prevalence in different populations in Tanzania. Nevertheless, such evidence appears to be …