Socioeconomic macro-level determinants of hypertension: ecological analysis of 138 low- and middle-income countries
<strong>Aim: </strong>To assess the relative importance of major socioeconomic determinants of population health on the burden of hypertension in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). <br><strong> Methods: </strong>Country-level data from 138 countries based on Worl...
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| author | Abba, MS Nduka, CU Anjorin, S Zanna, FH Uthman, OA |
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| description | <strong>Aim: </strong>To assess the relative importance of major socioeconomic determinants of population health on the burden of hypertension in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).
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Methods: </strong>Country-level data from 138 countries based on World Development Indicators 2020 were used for correlation and linear regression analyses of eight socioeconomic predictors of hypertension: current health expenditure, domestic general government health expenditure per capita, GDP per capita, adult literacy rate, unemployment rate, urban population, multidimensional poverty index, and total population.
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Results: </strong>The median prevalence of age-standardised hypertension was 25.8% across the 138 countries, ranging from 13.7% in Peru to 33.4% in Niger. For every 10% increase in the unemployment rate, the prevalence of hypertension increased by 2.70%. For every 10% increase in the percentage of people living in urban areas, hypertension was reduced by 0.63%.
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Conclusions: </strong>The findings revealed that countries with high GDP, more investment in health and an improved multidimensional poverty index have a lower prevalence of hypertension. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:af259861-af55-4e6b-aac1-a027183f52162024-03-06T14:58:37ZSocioeconomic macro-level determinants of hypertension: ecological analysis of 138 low- and middle-income countriesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:af259861-af55-4e6b-aac1-a027183f5216EnglishSymplectic ElementsMDPI2023Abba, MSNduka, CUAnjorin, SZanna, FHUthman, OA<strong>Aim: </strong>To assess the relative importance of major socioeconomic determinants of population health on the burden of hypertension in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). <br><strong> Methods: </strong>Country-level data from 138 countries based on World Development Indicators 2020 were used for correlation and linear regression analyses of eight socioeconomic predictors of hypertension: current health expenditure, domestic general government health expenditure per capita, GDP per capita, adult literacy rate, unemployment rate, urban population, multidimensional poverty index, and total population. <br><strong> Results: </strong>The median prevalence of age-standardised hypertension was 25.8% across the 138 countries, ranging from 13.7% in Peru to 33.4% in Niger. For every 10% increase in the unemployment rate, the prevalence of hypertension increased by 2.70%. For every 10% increase in the percentage of people living in urban areas, hypertension was reduced by 0.63%. <br><strong> Conclusions: </strong>The findings revealed that countries with high GDP, more investment in health and an improved multidimensional poverty index have a lower prevalence of hypertension. |
| spellingShingle | Abba, MS Nduka, CU Anjorin, S Zanna, FH Uthman, OA Socioeconomic macro-level determinants of hypertension: ecological analysis of 138 low- and middle-income countries |
| title | Socioeconomic macro-level determinants of hypertension: ecological analysis of 138 low- and middle-income countries |
| title_full | Socioeconomic macro-level determinants of hypertension: ecological analysis of 138 low- and middle-income countries |
| title_fullStr | Socioeconomic macro-level determinants of hypertension: ecological analysis of 138 low- and middle-income countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socioeconomic macro-level determinants of hypertension: ecological analysis of 138 low- and middle-income countries |
| title_short | Socioeconomic macro-level determinants of hypertension: ecological analysis of 138 low- and middle-income countries |
| title_sort | socioeconomic macro level determinants of hypertension ecological analysis of 138 low and middle income countries |
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