Hypertension among older adults in low- and middle-income countries:prevalence, awareness and control

Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter, Beard, John, Minicuci, Nadia, Ebrahim, Shah and Chatterji, Somnath (2014) Hypertension among older adults in low- and middle-income countries:prevalence, awareness and control. International Journal of Epidemiology, 43 (1). pp. 116-128. ISSN 0300-5771

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Abstract

This study uses data from the World Health Organization's Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) to examine patterns of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control for people aged 50 years and over in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation and South Africa.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	hypertension,older people,risk factors,developing countries
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	25 Mar 2014 14:14
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 11:11
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/47804
DOI:	10.1093/ije/dyt215

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