Prevalence of hypertension in Africa in the last two decades: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Despite being the most common cardiovascular risk factor, the actual burden of hypertension is poorly characterized in Africa. We meta-analysed the most extensive pooled data to determine the overall prevalence of hypertension in Africa. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses guidelines, we systematically searched Google Scholar, PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Web of Science databases to retrieve prevalence studies only on hypertension among Africans published between 2002 and 2023. Furthermore, we meta-analysed the crude and age-adjusted prevalences of hypertension using a random effect model due to the expected high heterogeneity, with logit transformation of the original proportions. Seventy-eight (out of an initial 779 screened) articles with complete d

SUBMITTER: Olowoyo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12551393 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature