Community burden of hypertension and treatment patterns: An in-depth age predictor analysis: (The Rural Community Risk of Non-Communicable Disease Study - Nyive Phase I).
<h4>Background</h4>This study aimed to describe the burden, treatment patterns and, age threshold for predicting hypertension among rural adults in Nyive in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region, Ghana.<h4>Methods</h4>A population-based cross-sectional study design was empl...
Main Authors: | James Osei-Yeboah, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, William K B A Owiredu, Sylvester Yao Lokpo, Francis Delali Agode, Beatrice Bella Johnson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252284 |
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