Rising prevalence, and improved but suboptimal management, of hypertension in South Africa: A comparison of two national surveys

Aim: To examine the changes in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension between 1998 and 2016 in ≥15-year-old South African men and women and the sociodemographic characteristics associated with those changes. Methods: In nationally representative surveys in 1998 and 2016, multi-...

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Main Authors: Nasheeta Peer, Olalekan A. Uthman, Andre-Pascal Kengne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Global Epidemiology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590113321000171