Hypertension and Obesity in Dakar, Senegal.

BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease is a major public health problem in many sub-Saharan African countries, but data on the main cardiovascular risk factors-hypertension and obesity-are almost nonexistent in Senegal. The aims of this study were therefore (i) to report the prevalence, awareness, treatm...

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Main Authors: Enguerran Macia, Lamine Gueye, Priscilla Duboz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5021383?pdf=render