Prevalence of Hypertension in the Middle Belt of Ghana: A Community-Based Screening Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prevalence of hypertension is on the rise and can be attributed to aging populations and changing behavioral or lifestyle risk factors. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and risk factors of hypertension in the middle part of Ghana.

Methods

A total of 2,555 participants aged ≥18 years (mean age of 43 years; 60.5% female) were enrolled using a two-stage sampling method. The World Health Organization STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor Surveillance-Instrument v2.1 was used for data collection. Blood pressure and anthropometric measurements were assessed. Blood glucose and lipids were also measured using blood samples collected after an overnight fast.

Results

Prevalence of hypertension was

SUBMITTER: Dosoo DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6800906 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature