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[HTML] Determinants of Hypertension among Elderly People in the Bongo District of Ghana

NJ Dare, CA Appiah, C Nti, M Steiner-Asiedu - Journal of Food and Nutrition …, 2016
... [9], van de Vijver S, Akinyi H, Oti S, Olajide A, Agyemang C, Aboderin I, Kyobutungi C. Status
report on hypertension in Africa-Consultative review for the 6th Session of the African Union
Conference of Ministers of Health on NCD's. Pan African Medical Journal. 16(1). 2014. ...
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[HTML] The Psychological Survival of a Refugee in South Africa The Impact of War and the ongoing Challenge to Survive as a Refugee in South Africa on Mental Health and …

S Mohamed, D Dix-Peek, A Kater - International Journal of Emergency Mental Health …, 2016
... Physical impacts noted by Pacella, Hruska and Delahanty (2015) include chronic musculoskeletal
pain, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, obesity and ... above mentioned psychological impacts of torture
and war trauma, refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa face additional ...
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Preeclampsia in 2017: Obstetric and Anaesthesia Management

R Hofmeyr, M Matjila, R Dyer - Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, 2016
... include previous preeclampsia, in particular early-onset disease, young maternal age, primiparity,
pre-existing medical conditions such as antiphospholipid syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosis
(particularly with lupus nephritis), pre-existing hypertension or diabetes, and ...
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Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used in Daraa-Tafilalet region (Province of Errachidia), Morocco

M Eddouks, M Ajebli, M Hebi - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2016
... Africa is known by its rich biological and cultural diversity marked by regional differences in healing
practices. This continent is estimated to contain between 40 and 45,000 species of plant with
a potential for development and out of which 5,000 species are used medicinally. ...
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Nonsubsampled rotated complex wavelet transform (NSRCxWT) for medical image fusion related to clinical aspects in neurocysticercosis

SS Chavan, A Mahajan, SN Talbar, S Desai, M Thakur… - Computers in Biology and …, 2017
... to be an indicator of poverty and commonly found in endemic regions namely Asia, South Africa,
Eastern Europe ... The common symptoms of NCC are abdomen pain, vomiting or nausea, epileptic
seizures, hydrocephaly, intracranial hypertension, inflammation, sensory disorder ...
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[PDF] Clinical and pathological comparison of Budd-chiari syndrome associated hepatocellular carcinoma and HBV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma

X Dang, L Li, L Li, S Li, P Xu - Int J Clin Exp Med, 2016
... and prolif- eration of HBV can cause repeated injuries and liver cell regeneration, thus resulting
in pos- thepatitc cirrhosis and intrahepatic portal hypertension complicated by HCC ... Membranous
obstruction of the in- ferior vena cava and hepatocellular carcinoma in South Africa. ...
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[DOC] Evaluation of some important vitamins and mineral nutrients in polyherbal medicines used for the treatment of tuberculosis in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

EB Famewo, AM Clarke, AJ Afolayan
... contents (mg/100g) detected in nine polyherbal remedies used for the treatment of tuberculosis
in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. ... content observed in these therapies is of great
advantage because, excessive intake of sodium in human results in arterial hypertension. ...
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[HTML] Factors associated with pain in individuals infected by human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)

DN dos Santos, KOB Santos, AB Paixão… - The Brazilian Journal of …, 2016
... 1 and 2 This virus is endemic in the Caribbean, West and Central Africa, South America, and
Japan. ... the independent variables included sociodemographic, clinical, and behavior
characteristics, as well as comorbidities (rheumatologic disease, hypertension, diabetes, sickle ...
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[PDF] Proximate composition, mineral content and amino acid profile of Irvingia gabonensis O'Rorke baill leaf

E Ewere, O Etim, U Usunobun - International Journal of Scientific World, 2016
... and Equatorial Africa and has been listed as one of the most important trees for domestication
in the humid lowlands of West Africa [1], [2 ... Dietary fibre helps in the reduction of serum cho- lesterol
level, risk of coronary heart disease, colon and breast can- cer and hypertension. ...
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Bioactive polyphenols and peptides in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and their health promoting properties: A review

JM Awika, KG Duodu - Journal of Functional Foods, 2016
... The world's largest production and consumption of cowpea is in West Africa, which
accounts for more than 87% of world production and use (FAO, 2014). In 2013, Africa
produced 7.9 MMT of cowpea, which represented about ...
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[HTML] Clinical and Epidemiological Implications of 24‐Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring for the Diagnosis of Hypertension in Kenyan Adults: A Population‐Based …

AO Etyang, B Warne, S Kapesa, K Munge, E Bauni… - Journal of the American …, 2016
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[PDF] A Community-Based Assessment of Hypertension and Some Other Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

O Pancha Mbouemboue, D Derew, JON Tsougmo… - … Journal of Hypertension, 2016
... The distribution of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa varies considerably between
countries with recent surveys reporting occurrence rates of 27.9% in Ethiopia [17],
31.8% in Nigeria [18], and 47% in Kenya [19], among others. ...
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[PDF] Screening for Hypertension in People Aged 50 Years and Older in Byumba Sector: A Community-Based Approach

ML Umwangange - Library Journal, 2016
... World health Organ- ization that “'early detection is the Key' for prevention and treatment of high
blood pressure and that all adults should know their blood pressure” [1]. A little attention had
been focused on hypertension and associated factors among older adults in Africa [8]. In ...
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[HTML] Skin Involvement and Pulmonary Hypertension Are Associated with Vitamin D Insufficiency in Scleroderma

M Atteritano, D Santoro, G Corallo, E Visalli, M Buemi… - International Journal of …, 2016
... insufficiency of 25(OH)D 3 . These associations were significant after adjusting for age, renal
function and systemic hypertension. ... supports the evidence that patients affected by systemic
sclerosis from different geographical locations, including Europe and Africa, have vitamin D ...
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The association between seven-day objectively measured habitual physical activity and 24 hr ambulatory blood pressure: the SABPA study

M Hamer, EJ Bruwer, JH de Ridder, M Swanepoel… - 2017
... Hypertension (ambulatory systolic BP≥130 and / or Diastolic BP≥80 mmHg) was prevalent
in 53.2% of the sample, particularly in black ... is funded by the North-West University, the North
West Education Department, the Medical Research Council of South Africa, the National ...
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[PDF] The management of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: A review

LG Lloyd, J Smith - South African Journal of Child Health, 2016
... DOI:10.7196/SAJCH.2016.v10i4.1145 The management of persistent pulmonary hypertension
of the newborn: A review ... Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health,
Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa ...
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[HTML] Non-necrotizing colonic granuloma induced by schistosomiasis

T Swe, A Baqui, AT Naing, T Baqui, J Sherigar… - Journal of Community …, 2016
... A 51-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension and dyslipidemia was referred
from her primary care physician to the gastroenterology ... The patient was an immigrant from Senegal,
a country on Africa's west coast, where she was born and lived for more than 30 ...
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Medicinal Plant Diversity for Health, Wellness and Livelihood in Indian Perspective

J Kumar, RS Jat - Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, 2016
... Opium poppy Eurassia, Africa Morphine Pain Curane Amazon Tubocursrine Muscle relaxant
Snakeroot India Roserpine Hypertension Frosk glow Eurassia, Africa Digoon Cardiac anty taken
seriously by industries that are strong in research and development. ...
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[HTML] Acute hepatitis E presenting with clinical feature of autoimmune hepatitis

I Patel, RC Companioni, R Bansal, N Vyas, C Catalano… - Journal of Community …, 2016
... His past medical history was significant for type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and
hyperlipidemia. ... Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the second most common cause of sporadic hepatitis
in the Middle East and North Africa with the highest incidence in Asia, Africa, Middle East, and ...
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[HTML] Misdiagnosis of obstetrical cases and the clinical and cost consequences to patients: a cross-sectional study of urban providers in the Philippines

R Shimkhada, O Solon, D Tamondong-Lachica… - Global Health Action, 2016
... Asks about complications of previous pregnancies (gestational hypertension/pre-eclampsia,
gestational diabetes, UTI, preterm labor, and post-partum hemorrhage), E. ... Asks about
comorbidities (hypertension, diabetes, thyroid disorder, asthma, and infections), E. ...
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[HTML] The burden of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular risk factors among adult Malawians in HIV care: consequences for integrated services

OH Divala, A Amberbir, Z Ismail, T Beyene, D Garone… - BMC Public Health, 2016
... effects related to urbanization, life style changes associated with increasing wealth, as well as
increasing age of the population [2]. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that the
burden of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa will double between 2000 and 2025 [3]. The ...
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Transplantation in Africa-an overview.

E Muller - Clinical nephrology, 2016
... organ transplantation within the region over the next few years. Renal failure in Africa
occurs mainly due to glomerular nephropathies, hypertension, diabetes, and HIV.
For the subset of the population that might be considered ...
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Association between hyperuricemia and major adverse cardiac events in patients with acute myocardial infarction

N Ranjith, NN Myeni, B Sartorius, C Mayise - Metabolic Syndrome and Related …, 2016
... Methods: Consecutive patients admitted with AMI to the Coronary Care Unit at RK Khan Hospital
(Durban, South Africa) between the years 2006 and ... Sixty-one percent were smokers, 59% had
diabetes mellitus, 52% had hypertension, and 58% presented with a family history of ...
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Adverse effects of carbamazepine monotherapy among patients in Nigeria: a pilot study and implications

A Olusanya, O Ogunleye, B Godman, J Fadare… - Journal of Comparative …, 2016
... Consequently, can provide a robust basis for assessing the AEs of carbamazepine in routine clinical
care in Africa. ... They include (Table 2) tension-type headache in 13 (15.5%), hypertension in eight
(9.5%), stroke in 3 (3.6%) and cervical spondylosis in one (1.2%). ...
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[PDF] The integrated effect of moderate exercise on coronary heart disease.

MJ Mathews, EH Mathews, GE Mathews - Cardiovascular journal of Africa, 2016
... drugs', 'therapeutics', 'pharmacotherapeutics', 'hypercoagulability', 'hypercholesterolaemia',
'hyperglycaemia', 'hyperinsulinaemia', 'inflammation' and 'hypertension' in the title of ... and Continued
Engineering Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Marc J ...
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[PDF] The Open Respiratory Medicine

EW Pefura-Yone, AD Balkissou, AP Kengne - Open Respiratory Medicine Journal, 2016
... Keywords: Africa, Cameroon, Low forced vital capacity, Prevalence, Pulmonary restriction,
Restrictive lung disease ... history of existing conditions including pulmonary tuberculosis, asthma,
pneumonia, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cerebrovascular ...
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[PDF] Cardiovascular Topics

K Niewiadomska-Jarosik, J Zamojska, A Zamecznik… - … JOURNAL OF AFRICA, 2016
CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Advance Online Publication, December 2016
AFRICA 1 ... Barker's hypothesis, published in 1989,2 proved increased incidence of cardiovascular
diseases in adults born with IUGR, particularly hypertension and hyperlipidaemia. ...
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VEGF, the Underlying Factor for Metabolic Syndrome; Fact or Fiction?

M Mazidi, P Rezaie, AP Kengne, MG Stathopoulou… - Diabetes & Metabolic …, 2016
... d Non-Communicable Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council and
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; ... glycemic control in diabetic patients is
associated with increased plasma VEGF, which in turn may cause hypertension and several ...
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[PDF] Open Prostatectomy in the Management of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia in a Developing Economy

AA Salako, TA Badmus, AM Owojuyigbe, RA David… - Open Journal of Urology, 2016
... Average pros- tate specific antigen (PSA) was 8.4 ng/ml while hypertension was the most common
co-morbidity (44.1%). ... especially if the prostate is relatively small (<60 g) [2]. OP is however still
a common procedure in many develop- ing countries especially in Africa partly due ...
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Use of skin‐lightening products among selected urban communities in Accra, Ghana

M Lartey, FD Krampa, M Abdul‐Rahman, NL Quarcoo… - International Journal of …, 2017
... 1-4] Skin lightening remains a common practice among men and women within some countries
in Africa, Asia, and ... Numerous reports indicate that use of skin-bleaching products causes systemic
complications including hypertension,[12] diabetes,[13] adrenal insufficiency,[11 ...
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[HTML] Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection, Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Use and Access to Care for Diabetes and Hypertension in Agincourt, South Africa

J Manne-Goehler, L Montana, X Gomez-Olive, J Rohr… - Open Forum Infectious …, 2016
Background. In the setting of expanded ART, there is increasing awareness that HIV-
infected populations also face a dual burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The
aims of this study are to describe the differences in prevalence and access to care for
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[PDF] Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Primary Health Care and Secondary Referral Medical Outpatient Clinic Settings at Enugu, Southeast Nigeria

C Chijioke, R Anakwue, T Okolo, E Ekwe, C Eze… - … Journal of Hypertension, 2016
... View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus; C. Nejjari, M. Arharbi, M.-T. Chentir
et al., “Epidemiological Trial of Hypertension in North Africa (ETHNA): an international multicentre
study in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia,” Journal of Hypertension, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. ...
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[HTML] Wealth and cardiovascular health: a cross-sectional study of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in high-, middle-and …

B Palafox, M McKee, D Balabanova, KF AlHabib… - International Journal for …, 2016
... In one multi-country study, for example, those from richer households in China, Ghana, India,
Mexico, Russia and South Africa tended to be more likely to have their hypertension controlled
[5]; however, the magnitude of this inequality cannot be easily quantified or summarized ...
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[PDF] Prevalence of Hypertension among Adults in Ekiti State, Nigeria.

FE Omotoye, RA Sanusi - International Journal of Health Sciences and Research …, 2016
... (10) Hypertension is increasing rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa, but there are limited data on
its prevalence. ... Status report on hypertension in Africa-Consultative review for the 6th Session
of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Health on NCD's. ...
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[HTML] Population-attributable fraction of hypertension associated with obesity and abdominal obesity, and the joint effect of both in the Central Provinces of Iran

M Mohammadi, M Mirzaei - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2016
... people was 396 million [10]. These numbers were doubled, compared with 20 years
ago [11]. For instance, in the Middle East and North Africa, it was stated that >60%
of cases of stroke are associated with hypertension [12]. ...
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[HTML] Association of MYH9 Polymorphisms with Hypertension in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in China

L Liu, C Wang, Y Mi, D Liu, L Li, J Fan, L Nan, N Jia… - Kidney and Blood Pressure …, 2016
... muscle myosin heavy chain 9 gene (myh9) in hypertensive nephropathy: African american study
of kidney disease and hypertension (aask ... myosin heavy chain gene (myh9) are associated with
lower glomerular filtration rate in mixed ancestry diabetic subjects from south africa. ...
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Has There Been Adequate Progress in Addressing the NCD Epidemic in LMIC?

N Peer, AP Kengne - 2016
... 2; YK Seedat; Impact of poverty on hypertension and cardiovascular disease in
sub-Saharan Africa. Cardiovasc J Afr, 18 (2007), pp. 316–320. ...
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Prevalence and correlates of self-reported chronic non-communicable diseases in Botswana: a cross-sectional study

G Letamo, M Keetile, K Navaneetham, M Phatsimo - International Health, 2016
... 20 The WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) in LMICs (China, Ghana, India,
Mexico, the Russian Federation and South Africa) observed that the prevalence rate of
hypertension is broadly comparable with those of developed countries. ...
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[HTML] Population‐level decline in BMI and systolic blood pressure following mass HIV treatment: Evidence from rural KwaZulu‐Natal

P Geldsetzer, AB Feigl, F Tanser, D Gareta, D Pillay… - Obesity, 2016
... prevalence of overweight and obesity by sex is therefore widening in this study population, which
is also true for South Africa as a ... We found that BP and hypertension prevalence were lower among
PLHIV than those not infected with HIV (Tables 1 and 2, Supporting Information ...
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Community Health Workers: An Underappreciated Asset to Tackle NCD

JD Jarvis, I Kataria, M Murgor, L Mbau - 2016
... To address the 24% rate of high blood pressure in Kenya [24], nongovernmental
organizations such as Amref Health Africa are currently using CHW to increase
hypertension awareness, screening rates, and treatment literacy. ...
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HIV and nonischemic heart disease

P Manga, K McCutcheon, N Tsabedze, A Vachiat… - Journal of the American …, 2017
Skip to main content. Advertisement. Home; JACC Journals: JACC: Basic to
Translational Science; JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging; JACC: Cardiovascular
Interventions; JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology; JACC: Heart Failure. Issues: ...
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Blood Pressure Control Status of Hypertensive Patients Attending an Out-Patient Specialist Clinic in Ghana

AA Emmanuel, OI Kofi - Open Science Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2016
... Prevalence, detection, management, and control of hypertension in Ashanti, West Africa.
Hypertension 2004; 43: 1017–22. ... [8]. Agyemang C. Rural and urban differences in blood pressure
and hypertension in Ghana, West Africa. Public Health 2006; 120: 525–533. ...
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Glucose homeostasis abnormalities among Cameroon patients with newly diagnosed hypertension

F Kamdem, D Lemogoum, MS Doualla, F Kemta Lepka… - … of Clinical Hypertension, 2016
... Our data outline the importance of routine screening of these anomalies in patients with
hypertension and those with other cardiovascular ... the determinants and the scope of glucose
homeostasis abnormalities in black African patients with high BP living in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
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[HTML] Psychological morbidity and substance use among patients with hypertension: a hospital-based cross-sectional survey from South West Ethiopia

M Soboka, EK Gudina, M Tesfaye - International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2017
... The discrepancy between the four studies might be due to the difference in the tools used to
assess psychological morbidity (Kessler-6 vs GHQ-12). Moreover, the study done in West Africa
excluded patients with past history of mental illness and complication from hypertension. ...
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CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN JIMMATOWN, SOUTHWEST ETHIOPIA; A COMMUNITY BASED …

H Desalegn, S Fekadu, A Deribew - Ethiopian Medical Journal, 2016
... Hailemichael Desalegn, Sintayehu Fekadu, Amare Deribew. Abstract. Introduction:
Cardiovascular disease has been identified as emerging epidemic in developing world and
Sub-saharan Africa. ... Hypertension and diabetes mellitus were the most common. ...
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[HTML] … Bile Duct, ERCP-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, GB-Gallbladder, LC-Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, HTN-Hypertension, DM-Diabetes Mellitus.

VR Billa, AK Garbhapu - A CLINICAL STUDY ON LAPAROSCOPIC …, 2016
... KEYWORDS CBD- Common Bile Duct, ERCP- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreato
graphy, GB- Gallbladder, LC- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, HTN- Hypertension, DM- Diabetes ...
Gallstones are rare in Africa with prevalence of less than 1% and in Japan, it has been ...
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PREVALENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AND ITS DETERMINANTS AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN MERU COUNTY

M Kaimuri, P Mwaniki, Y Kombe - Kenyan Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 2017
... default/files/The Challenge of Non-Communicable Diseases and Road Traffic Injuries in
Sub-Saharan Africa - AN OVERVIEW.pdf. Mundan, V., Muiva, M., & Kimani, S. (2013).
Physiological, Behavioral, and Dietary Characteristics Associated with Hypertension among ...
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[HTML] Innovative Approaches in the field of Cardiology

A Kumar - Research & Reviews in BioSciences, 2016
... J Comm Pub Health Nurs. 2016;2:135. Kabore T, Lazar J. Prevalence and risk factors
for pre-hypertension among adults in Burkina Faso, West Africa. J Comm Pub Health
Nurs. 2016;2:130. Chalupova L, Halupova L, Zakovska A, et al. ...
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[PDF] BMI, Waist to Hip Ratio, Body Fat and Blood Pressure of Urban Women From Low and Lower Middle Income Group

MG Oak, P Ghugre - Indian Journal of Applied Research, 2017
... Time to effectively address hypertension in India. Indian J Med Res, 137, 627-631. ... 24. Tesfaye,
F., Nawi, NG, Van Minh, H., Byass, P., Berhane, Y., Bonita, R., Wall, S. (2007) Association between
body mass index and blood pres- sure across three populations in Africa and Asia. ...
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Prevalence, risk factors and awareness of hyperglycaemia in Mafia Island, Tanzania.

MS Muhamedhussein, KP Manji, ZI Nagri - African Journal of Diabetes Medicine, 2016
... Using a questionnaire in Kiswahili, information was collected on demographics, smoking habits,
alcohol consumption, family history of diabetes and hypertension, and personal medical history
(only ... Abstract Type 2 diabetes is of increasing prevalence and im- portance in Africa. ...
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[HTML] … risk and endothelial function in people living with HIV/AIDS: design of the multi-site, longitudinal EndoAfrica study in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

H Strijdom, P De Boever, G Walzl, MF Essop… - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
... In South Africa, the growing prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors such as
hypertension, obesity and diabetes mellitus has been described as a “time bomb” [14], and the
multiple burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases a “collision of epidemics ...
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Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Nepal: findings from the Dhulikhel Heart Study

BM Karmacharya, RP Koju, JP LoGerfo, KCG Chan… - Heart Asia, 2017
... significant, more women than men were aware of their status in our study, which corresponds
to most other studies.24 ,25 In a systematic review of hypertension awareness, treatment and
control in Africa, most studies reported better awareness among women.25 Women have ...
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[HTML] Prevalence and Clinical Investigation of the Behcet's Disease in Middle East and North of Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

M Palizgir, M Mahmoudi, M Qorbani, S Djalalinia… - Iranian Red Crescent …, 2017
... are seen from cognitive behavioral problems to organic disorder, as well as seizures, headache,
benign intracranial hypertension, diencephalon dysfunction, pseudo ... Table 3. Table 3. Summarized
Clinical information of Behcet's disease in Middle East and north of Africa a. ...
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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among People Living with HIV in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review

S Naidu, S Ponnampalvanar, SB Kamaruzzaman… - AIDS Patient Care and …, 2017
... The mean prevalence of hypertension in South America, Africa, and Asia was 35.2%, 21.6%,
and 24.8%, respectively. The differences in prevalence of hypertension between individuals
on HAART and HAART-naive were compared in 5 studies. ...
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[HTML] Selection of essential medicines for South Africa-an analysis of in-depth interviews with national essential medicines list committee members

VA Perumal-Pillay, F Suleman - BMC Health Services Research, 2017
... This sample was representative of four of the nine provinces in South Africa namely Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Western Cape. ... when we starting out with a new process and
when we've got the final draft we also will include societies, hypertension societies, HIV ...
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[HTML] Trends of preeclampsia/eclampsia and maternal and neonatal outcomes among women delivering in Addis Ababa selected government hospitals, Ethiopia: a …

M Wagnew, M Dessalegn, A Worku, J Nyagero - Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
... Among this global burden, 85% (245,000) occurred in sub-Saharan Africa (56%) and southern
Asia (29%). ... Preeclampsia refers to a syndrome characterized by the new onset of hypertension
and proteinuria after 20 weeks gestation in a previously normotensive woman. ...
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Giants in Chest Medicine: Claude Lenfant, MD

EJ Roccella - CHEST Journal, 2017
... He led US scientific exchanges to the Soviet Union/Russia, China, Vietnam, Germany,
Brazil, Egypt, and South Africa. The World Hypertension League elected him president;
thereafter the League emerged as a respected global voice. ...
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[PDF] A review of self-management of diabetes in Africa

SC Iregbu, FU Iregbu - African Journal of Diabetes Medicine Vol, 2016
... influence of self-efficacy, social support and perceived barriers on low physical activity
development in patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertension or stroke. ... 44. Azevedo M, Alla S.
Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia. ...
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The Global Perspective of Ischemic Heart Disease

M Lawlor, B Gersh, L Opie, TA Gaziano - … Coronary Artery Disease: A Companion to …, 2017
... income countries, respectively. The PAR of hypertension for devel- opment of AMI
varies geographically, but notably is highest in Southeast Asia and Japan (up to
38%), South America (32.7%), and Africa (29.6%). In a large ...
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Performance of User-Friendly Screening Tools for Elevated Blood Pressure in Children

C Ma, R Wang, Y Liu, Q Lu, N Lu, Y Tian, X Liu, F Yin - Pediatrics, 2017
... Download PDF. Abstract. CONTEXT: Hypertension is frequently undiagnosed in children. ...
Hypertension is a global health burden and an important risk factor for stroke, cardiovascular
disease, end-stage renal disease, and overall mortality in adults. ...
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[HTML] Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015

MH Forouzanfar, P Liu, GA Roth, M Ng, S Biryukov… - JAMA, 2017
This population epidemiology study uses pooled global health evaluation surveys data to
estimate trends in the association between elevated stystolic blood pres.
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Editorial to:“Discovery of a Murine Model of Clinical Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Mission Impossible?” by Dai and Zhao

GJ Maarman - 2017
... b Division of Exercise Science & Sports Medicine (ESSM), Department of Medicine, Department
of Human Biology, Boundary Road, Newlands, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Available
online 10 January 2017. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined as a mean ...
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[HTML] Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension in Burkina Faso: a countrywide cross-sectional study

JK Soubeiga, T Millogo, BW Bicaba, B Doulougou… - BMC Public Health, 2017
... In Africa, the prevalence of hypertension varies from one country to another and across residential
areas [4]. A prevalence of 16.9% in the adult population aged 15 and over was reported in Ethiopia
[5] against 36.7% in Ghana [6]. In urban areas the prevalence was 23% in ...
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Self-management booklet for patients with chronic diseases in South Africa: a feasibility study

L Dube, S Van den Broucke, AM Bergh - The European Journal of Public Health, 2016
... care plan booklet for diabetes and hypertension could be integrated into existing chronic care
services, and (b) to explore the patients' and providers' experience using the intervention. Methods.
A study was conducted in a community health Centre in Tshwane, South Africa. ...
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Health Benefits and Cost-Effectiveness of Asymptomatic Screening for Hypertension and High Cholesterol and Aspirin Counseling for Primary Prevention

SP Dehmer, MV Maciosek, AB LaFrance… - The Annals of Family …, 2017
Health Benefits and Cost-Effectiveness of Asymptomatic Screening for Hypertension and High
Cholesterol and Aspirin Counseling for Primary Prevention. ... We assume that a cholesterol
screening test may occur up to once every 5 years. Hypertension Screening. ...
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[HTML] The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a farm worker community in the Boland district, South Africa

MJ Kruger, TA Nell - BMC Public Health, 2017
... sectional study was followed among workers from the surrounding wine estates in the
Stellenbosch Municipal area, Western Cape Province of South Africa. ... l for men and <1.3
mmol/l for women; (d) raised blood pressure (BP) ≥130/85 mmHg or on hypertension treatment; ...
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Evidence for underuse of effective medical services around the world

P Glasziou, S Straus, S Brownlee, L Trevena, L Dans… - The Lancet, 2017
... Although these figures still reflect considerable underdiagnosis and undertreatment of
hypertension, they are very good compared with results from other countries 16 (figure 1), such
as sub-Saharan Africa, where of those with hypertension, only between 7% and 56% (pooled ...
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Patient agency and contested notions of disability in social assistance applications in South Africa

G Kelly - Social Science & Medicine, 2017
... This is a general issue which interferes with the clinical process at all levels of the healthcare
system in South Africa (Schlemmer and ... One doctor noted that in cases of long-term unemployment,
people thought of hypertension and diabetes as a 'bonus', because they believed ...
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Right Care 2 Evidence for underuse of effective medical services around the world

P Glasziou, S Straus, S Brownlee, L Trevena, L Dans… - 2017
... Although these figures still reflect considerable underdiagnosis and undertreatment of
hypertension, they are very good compared with results from other countries16 (figure 1), such
as sub-Saharan Africa, where of those with hypertension, only between 7% and 56% (pooled ...
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[HTML] Sustainability of health information systems: a three-country qualitative study in southern Africa

C Moucheraud, A Schwitters, C Boudreaux, D Giles… - BMC Health Services …, 2017
... of EHIS in low-resource settings [18–20] including in Latin America [21–23], Asia [24–26] and
sub-Saharan Africa [27, 28]. ... The system also includes an outpatient care module and additional
modules for the management of tuberculosis, diabetes and hypertension, for laboratory ...
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Racial Tension in Hypertension: Divergent Effects of African and European Ancestry on Cardiac Remodeling∗

WJ Paulus, MT Waddingham - 2017
... 4; EB Attah, AO Falase; Large flabby hearts in hypertension. Am Heart J,
94 (1977), pp. 189–195. ... 5; A. Aje, AA Adebiyi, AO Falase; Hypertensive
heart disease in Africa. SA Heart, 6 (2009), pp. 42–51. ...
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[PDF] Risk Factors for Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Hospitalization in South Africa, 2012-2015

S Tempia, S Walaza, J Moyes, AL Cohen… - Open Forum Infectious …, 2017
... For commercial re-use, please contact journals.p...@oup.com. Risk Factors for
Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Hospitalization in South Africa, 2012-2015
Authors ... Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa. ...
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[HTML] Hypertension Severity Is Associated With Impaired Cognitive Performance

HCS Muela, VA Costa‐Hong, MS Yassuda, NC Moraes… - Journal of the American …, 2017
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[PDF] Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity and Long Term Risk of Renal Disease Mortality; Racial and Socioeconomic Differences

M Moghani Lankarani, S Assari - Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2017
... 2014;7(1):33-54. 20- Laville M, Lengani A, Serme D, et al. Epidemiological profile of hypertensive
disease and renal risk factors in black Africa. J Hypertens 12: 839–843, 1994 21- Seedat YK.
Hypertension in black South Africans. J Hum Hypertens. 1999;13(2):96-103. Page 15. ...
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[HTML] Prevalence of obesity and overweight in African learners: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

T Adom, T Puoane, A De Villiers, AP Kengne - BMJ Open, 2017
... Abstract. Introduction Obesity and overweight are an emerging problem in Africa. Obese
children are at increased risk of developing hypertension, high cholesterol, orthopaedic
problems and type 2 diabetes as well as increased risk of adult obesity. ...
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[PDF] Effect of Hemodialysis on Serium Uric Acid, Urea, Creatinine and Albumin Level in Chronic Renal Failure Patients

MMEM Ahmed, OF Idres - 2016
... The principal cause of CKD in Africa is due to interstitial nephritis ... A primary disease leads to
secondary glomerular injury and the nephron loss is clinically characterized by proteinuria and
hypertension, which leads to inflammation and scarring which in turn cause renal failure ...
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[HTML] Role of renal biopsy in managing pediatric renal diseases: A midterm analysis of a series at bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

RR Roy, A Al Mamun, SMS Haque, G Muinuddin… - Saudi Journal of Kidney …, 2017
... RENAL DATA FROM ASIA - AFRICA, Year : 2017 | Volume : 28 | Issue : 1 | Page : 125-132. ...
Exclusion criterion7,8: Uncontrolled bleeding diathesis; Uncontrolled hypertension; Severe
and uncorrected anemia; Solitary kidney; Gross hydronephrosis; ...
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[PDF] O Blood Group as Risk Factor for Preeclampsia among Sudanese Women. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2016 Dec 15; 4 (4): 603-606

A Elmugabil, DA Rayis, MA Ahmed, I Adam, GI Gasim - 2016
... Discussion Perhaps this is the first study investigating the association between blood groups
and preeclampsia in Africa. ... An explanation for such an association is the fact that antenatal visits
help to detect and treat pregnancy- induced hypertension at an early stage before the ...
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Pancreatic cancer: how can we tackle the lack of progress?

A Series, IG Rounds, A Commissions - The Lancet, 2017
... Liver cancer in Africa: untold aspects of an acknowledged scourge. ... Characteristics,
management, and outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Africa: a
multicountry observational study from the Africa Liver Cancer Consortium. ...
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[HTML] International Variation in Outcomes Among People with Cardiovascular Disease or Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Impaired Glucose Tolerance: Insights from the …

MHH dos Santos, A Sharma, JL Sun, K Pieper… - Journal of the American …, 2017
... Subjects: All Subjects; Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology; Basic, Translational, and
Clinical Research; Critical Care and Resuscitation; Epidemiology, Lifestyle, and
Prevention; Genetics; Heart Failure and Cardiac Disease; Hypertension;
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[HTML] Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and association with cardiovascular risk factors among teachers in Cape Town, South Africa

AB Adeniyi, CE Laurence, JA Volmink, MR Davids - Clinical Kidney Journal, 2017
... These surprisingly high prevalence estimates are among the highest reported in
unselected populations in Africa. Their cohort was community based, with a very
high burden of hypertension, diabetes, obesity and smoking. ...
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[HTML] Development and validation of a prediction model for gestational hypertension in a Ghanaian cohort

E Antwi, RHH Groenwold, JL Browne, A Franx… - BMJ Open, 2017
... hypertension, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia-de novo or superimposed on chronic
hypertension and white coat hypertension.2 HDPs are the leading cause of maternal death in
Latin America and the Caribbean accounting for 25.7% of mortality; in Africa they rank third ...
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… role for appropriate digital technological solutions in the innovation of health system design, implementation and normalisation in rural South Africa for both patients …

JOT Anstey Watkins - 2016
... Abstract. Background: In South Africa, 81 per cent of the population are dependent
on the public health system. ... Likewise, digital reminders may support chronic disease
management particularly for patients with hypertension. ...
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[PDF] Restricting the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children in South Africa: are all nutrient profiling models the same?

M Wicks, H Wright, E Wentzel-Viljoen - British Journal of Nutrition, 2017
... 2Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast,
Maroochydore, QLD, 4558, Australia 3Medical Research Council Research Unit for Hypertension
and Cardiovascular Disease, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2531, South Africa ...
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[PDF] Physical activity levels and activity preferences of a cohort of South African individuals living with HIV

R Ross, H Myezwa, H van Aswegen - South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 2016
... Statistics South Africa 2010 Statistical Release P0302: Midyear population estimates 2010.
Accessible at www.statssa.gov.za Steyn K 2008 Hypertension in South Africa. In: Chronic diseases
of lifestyle in South Africa since 19952005: 117. Accessible at http://www.mrc. ...
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First‐line combination therapy versus first‐line monotherapy for primary hypertension

J Garjón, LC Saiz, A Azparren, JJ Elizondo, I Gaminde… - The Cochrane Library, 2017
... First-line combination therapy versus first-line monotherapy for primary hypertension (Review)
Garjón J, Saiz LC, Azparren A, Elizondo JJ, Gaminde I, Ariz MJ, Erviti J ... [Intervention Review]
First-line combination therapy versus first-line monotherapy for primary hypertension ...
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[PDF] To Determine The Significant Risk Factors Of Hypertension Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Case Study Of Kenyatta National Hospital

MM Mwende, MM Mwende - 2016
... and bringing me this far. Through Him everything is possible. Page 11. xi ABSTRACT
Hypertension among type 2 Diabetes patients has grown and it is a public problem in Kenya,
Africa and worldwide. My study was done to explore the risk factors associated with ...
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[HTML] Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Levels in HIV Infected and Uninfected Pregnant Women with and without Preeclampsia

NR Maharaj, A Phulukdaree, S Nagiah, P Ramkaran… - PLOS ONE, 2017
... from July 2013 to September 2014 from the maternity unit at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital
in Durban, South Africa. ... Women with gestational hypertension, renal disease, diabetes mellitus,
chronic hypertension and collagen vascular disease were excluded from this study. ...
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[HTML] Platelet, monocyte and neutrophil activation and glucose tolerance in South African Mixed Ancestry individuals

GM Davison, BB Nkambule, Z Mkandla, GM Hon… - Scientific Reports, 2017
... Routine biochemical parameters were analyzed at an ISO 15189 accredited Pathology practice
(PathCare, Reference Laboratory, Cape Town, South Africa). ... HDL-C (mmol/L) was by enzymatic
immunoinhibition – End Point (Beckman AU, Beckman Coulter, South Africa). ...
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[PDF] The Role of Tibb in Integrative Medicine for Diseases of Lifestyle

R Bhikha, J Glynn - Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 2017
... Integrative Medicine addresses the increasingly common disorders of lifestyle such as
hypertension, heart disease, diabetes 2, and depression. ... Prof Rashid Bhikha, Ibn Sina Institute
of Tibb, 1137 Anvil Road, Robertville, Roodepoort, Johannesburg, South Africa, Email: rashidb ...
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… disease in low-and middle-income countries by the joint working group of the World Heart Federation, the European Society of Hypertension and the European Public …

G Mancia, S Oparil, PK Whelton, M McKee… - European Heart Journal, 2017
... The technical report on sodium intake and cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income
countries by the joint working group of the World Heart Federation, the European Society
of Hypertension and the European Public Health Association. ...
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[HTML] Resource use associated with type 2 diabetes in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Eurasia and Turkey: results from the International Diabetes Management Practice …

JJ Gagliardino, PK Atanasov, JCN Chan, JC Mbanya… - BMJ Open Diabetes …, 2017
... PDF. Epidemiology/health services research. Resource use associated with type
2 diabetes in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Eurasia and Turkey: results from
the International Diabetes Management Practice Study (IDMPS). ...
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[PDF] The prevalence, awareness and control rate of hypertension among elderly in northwest of Iran

S Ghaffari, L Pourafkari, A Tajlil, MH Sahebihagh… - J Cardiovasc Thorac Res, 2016
... from North-East of Iran, hypertension defined as blood pressure ≥140/90 mm Hg was present
in 62% of individuals older than 60 years.9 In comparison, the prev- alence of hypertension in
elderly differs among low to middle income countries.6,15 Sought Africa is reported to ...
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[PDF] Prevalence of smoking and high blood pressure, two major risk factors for non-communicable diseases: the SuRF NCD (surveillance of risk factors of non- …

ZK Ahmad Jamalizadeh, AE Nadimi, M Nejadghaderi… - J Cardiovasc Thorac Res, 2016
... This study focused on hypertension (HTN) and smoking. ... 12.5%.19 Likewise Asgari et al reported
21.7% of male and 0.9% of female are every day smoker in our country.20 Khattab et al evaluated
smoking habits in 10 countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region ...
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[PDF] Quality and labeling information of Moringa oleifera products marketed for HIV-infected people in Zimbabwe

TG Monera-Penduka, ZT Jani, CC Maponga… - … of Public Health in Africa, 2016
... Copyright TG Monera-Penduka et al., 2016 Licensee PAGEPress, Italy Journal of Public Health
in Africa 2016; 7 ... oleifera products sold in Zimbabwe Moringa was recommended for seven dif-
ferent disease conditions including HIV infec- tion, diabetes, hypertension, joint pain ...
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[PDF] Epidemiology of Stillbirth: A study in a tertiary care hospital located at a rural area of Northern Maharashtra, India

JP Ghumare, AP Morey - Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research, 2016
... Pregnancy induced hypertension [259(26.48%)], Prematurity [184(18.81%)], Medical disorder
including Severe anemia [135(13.8%)] & IUGR [89(9.1%)] were ... 1) Majority of these deaths occurs
in developing countries while three fourth in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. ...
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Health and Healthcare in Ghana, 1957–2017

AG Aikins, K Koram - The Economy of Ghana Sixty Years After …, 2017
... at a conference in Mali, the initiative sought to support and strengthen primary healthcare services
in Africa, through donor ... established to improve community healthcare, including the Danfa Project
(Ward, Neumann, and Pappoe, 1981) and the hypertension study conducted in ...
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Understanding the diabetes burden in sub-Saharan Africa Understanding the diabetes burden in sub-Saharan Africa

A Motala
Understanding the diabetes burden in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the diabetes burden
in sub-Saharan Africa. Posted on 14 November 2016. by Ayesha Motala. Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA) has the dubious privilege of being a fertile ground for a diabetes epidemic. ...
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60 Nutritional Aspects of Birth Defects

HM SAAL - Pediatric and Adult Nutrition in Chronic Diseases, …, 2017
... 11 Another study looked at similar issues in a population in the Western Cape Province
of South Africa. ... These may include diabetes mellitus types 1 and 2, asthma, atheroscle-
rosis, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, and glaucoma. ...
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[PDF] Application of sweet and taste modifying genes for development in plants: current status and prospects

S Akter, MA Huq, YJ Jung, YG Cho, KK Kang
... Lifestyle related diseases like, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia etc. have
risen as a major problem in developed countries. ... plant, native to West Africa (Moris and
Cagan 1972). Natural monellin protein is consisting of 94 AAs. ...
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Missed Opportunities to Improve the Health of Postpartum Women: High Rates of Untreated Hypertension in Rural Tanzania

E Larson, M Rabkin, GM Mbaruku, R Mbatia, ME Kruk - Maternal and Child Health …, 2017
... The prevalence of hypertension among adults in Africa is growing, yet fewer than one-third of
hypertensive individuals are aware of their status. ... Burden of undiag- nosed hypertension in
Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Hypertension, 65(2), 291–298. ...
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Self-medication among people living with hypertension: a review

R Rahmawati, BV Bajorek - Family Practice, 2017
... A recent systematic review on self-medication with traditional herbal medicine (THM)
among patients with hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa confirmed that THM was the
most common type of CAM used by these patients. However ...
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[HTML] Toward a Socio-Territorial Approach to Health: Health Equity in West Africa

L Vialard, C Squiban, F Fournet, G Salem, EE Foley - International Journal of …, 2017
... With following keywords. socio-territorial approach. health disparities. hypertension. diabetes.
urban health. West Africa. By following authors. ... Keywords: socio-territorial approach; health
disparities; hypertension; diabetes; urban health; West Africa. 1. Introduction. ...
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[PDF] Indigenous knowledge systems for the treatment of hypertension in Lusaka, Zambia: perceptions, knowledge and practice

F Goma, L Prasha, CA Kalungia, A Bwalya, A Hamachil… - Medical Journal of Zambia, 2016
... patients with reported prevalence of 80% in Morocco and 28% in South Africa. 5 ' 6 The exact
prevalence use of indigenous TM in Zambia remains to be established, though it is likely to be
similar to that reported in other sub-Saharan countries. Hypertension, a condition ...
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25-Hydroxyvitamin D and blood pressure: a plateau effect in adults with African ancestry living at different latitudes.

D Chiang, H Kramer, A Luke, R Cooper, J Aloia… - Journal of Hypertension, 2017
Objective: This study examined the association of 25-
hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and blood pre.
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Alanine aminotransferase is more sensitive to the decrease in hepatitis B virus‐DNA load than other liver markers in chronic hepatitis B patients

HB Wang, QY Wang, Q Yuan, XY Shan, GH Fu - Journal of Clinical Laboratory …, 2017
... Previous article in Early View: Association of hematocrit with blood pressure and hypertension.
Next article in Early View: Clinical phenotypes and the biological parameters of Congolese
patients suffering from sickle cell anemia: A first report from Central Africa ...
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Metabolic complications resulting from the use of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients

Z Abrahams - 2016
... found that weight, waist circumference, and waist-hip ratio increased, limb skinfold thickness
decreased, and the proportion of participants with hypertension and diabetes ... The thesis findings
highlight the importance of early identification of these cardiometabolic risks in Africa. ...
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[PDF] Hyperuricemia in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure in the General Hospital of National Reference of N'Djamena (Chad)

GM Abderraman, I Hamat, ZMM Tondi, AT Lemrabott… - Open Journal of Nephrology, 2017
... Recent experimental and epidemiological data correlate the association of hyperuricemia with
CKD, arterial hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, thus ... there are few studies on the
association of hyperuricemia with the development or progression of renal disease in Africa. ...
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[PDF] The spectrum of renal diseases in HIV infected adults presenting with renal insufficiency at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

A Chansa, S Lakhi, A Mweemba - Medical Journal of Zambia, 2016
... One study in South Africa found a similar percentage of HIVICK in individuals of African
descent.10 The severe renal dysfunction that patients with ... 12 In this study, there were only five
patients, out of 31 (16.1%) who were hypertensive and on medication for hypertension. ...
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[PDF] Relationship between serum zinc levels and preeclampsia at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

L Chababa, M Mukosha, G Sijumbila, B Vwalika - Medical Journal of Zambia, 2016
... In Zambia, according to Ministry of Health (MoH) records, hypertension related problems are
among the leading causes of death for expectant mothers. ... Investigations of the zinc status of
pregnant women in Africa are limited, but there is increasing evidence that they may be ...
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Psychosocial Factors and Hypertension: A Review of the Literature

AG Cuevas, DR Williams, MA Albert - Cardiology Clinics, 2017
... are also viewed as monolithic with, little attention given to recent eastern European immigrants
or groups from North Africa and the ... acculturation status, race, and country of origin, potentially
diluting the measurement of the differential impact of environment on hypertension risk. ...
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[PDF] Cardiovascular Topics

HJ Kim, HB Park, Y Suh, HS Kim, YH Cho, TY Choi… - … JOURNAL OF AFRICA, 2017
... CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Advance Online Publication, February 2017 AFRICA ...
The groups did not differ significantly with regard to clinical characteristics, including previous
medical history (hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia, coronary artery disease and ...
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[HTML] Case mix of patients managed in the resuscitation area of a district-level public hospital in Cape Town

LD Hunter, S Lahri, DJ van Hoving - African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2017
... through a philanthropic gesture of JourneyApps, a South African-born international company
based in California and South Africa (http://journeyapps ... HIV infection was the most prevalent
co-morbidity (n = 530, 22.8%), while hypertension (n = 382, 16.4%) and diabetes (n = 264 ...
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[PDF] Reappraisal of the structure of arterial Tunica adventitia and its involvement in atherosclerosis

J Ogeng'o, BS Ominde, K Ongeti, B Olabu, M Obimbo… - Anatomy Journal of Africa, 2017
... Ann Rev Pharmacol; 13: 269 – 285. Page 6. Anatomy Journal of Africa. 2017. Vol 6 (1): 824 –
833. ... 2000. CC chemokine receptor 2 is required for macrophage infiltration and vascular
hypertrophy in angiotensin II- induced hypertension. Hypertension; 36:360–633. ...
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[PDF] Clinical Utility of Urinary β2-Microglobulin in Detection of Early Nephropathy in African Diabetes Mellitus Patients

UE Ekrikpo, EE Effa, EE Akpan, AS Obot, S Kadiri - International Journal of …, 2017
... mellitus [6]. In Africa, reports from Tunisia indicate an annual increase of 16% in the rate of
diabetes mellitus as a cause of ESRD [7]. Congo's experience shows that about 39% of the
diabetics in Kinshasa have chronic kidney disease coming second only to hypertension as a ...
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The Environment and Blood Pressure

RD Brook - Cardiology Clinics, 2017
... Long-term exposures to many of these environmental factors may promote the
development of chronic hypertension. • ... Ambient PM, Short and long-term PM
exposures related to higher BP and increased hypertension onset, ...
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[HTML] Peripheral insulin resistance rather than beta cell dysfunction accounts for geographical differences in impaired fasting blood glucose among sub-Saharan African …

KAC Meeks, K Stronks, A Adeyemo, J Addo… - Diabetologia, 2017
... 2 diabetes among African migrants in Europe, and the steep increase in type 2 diabetes in
urbanising Africa, indicate that ... Alcohol consumption was subsequently classified based on the
European Society of Hypertension/European Society of Cardiology (ESH/ESC) guidelines ...
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[PDF] Differential effects of chronic iron deficiency anaemia on junctional and labyrinthine zones of placenta in Sprague dawely rat

O Awad, A Malek, J Ogeng'o - Anatomy Journal of Africa, 2017
... J Toxicol Pathol;24: 95–111. Page 6. Anatomy Journal of Africa. 2017. Vol 6 (1): 840 – 846. ... 14.
Huppertz B. 2008. Placental origins of preeclampsia challenging the current hypothesis.
Hypertension; 51:970–975. 15. Kiran N, Zubair A, Khalid H, Zafar A. 2014. ...
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[PDF] Correlates of time to microvascular complications among diabetes mellitus patients using parametric and non-parametric approaches: a case study of Ayder referral …

L Berihun, EK Muluneh - Ethiopian Journal of Science and Technology, 2017
... (2005) found that smoking, diet high in saturated fat; hypertension, obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus,
dyslipidemia, and lack of physical exercise were identified as risk factors for cardiovascular
complications of diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa. Page 3. Ethiop. J. Sci. ...
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[PDF] Association of Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet with 3-year Changes in Body Mass Index and Risk of Obesity in Adolescents: Tehran Lipid and …

H Farhadnejad, G Asghari, P Mirmiran, F Azizi - Iranian Journal of Endocrinology and …, 2017
... i -Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension @ > > @ . 15005 @ > 3 > @ 13 > ... ANOVA @
@ Chi-square @ > @ .* DASH : Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension > > >
DASH < > > > < 05/0 <P .( > @ < DASH . > > DASH < > ...
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[PDF] Hypertension Stages and Their Associated Risk Factors among Adult Women in India

E Anand, J Singh - Journal of Population and Social Studies, 2017
... 42 Hypertension Stages and Their Associated Risk Factors ... Enu Anand1 and Jayakant Singh2
We investigated the prevalence of different stages of hypertension and their association with
selected sociodemographic factors among adult women in India. ...
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[PDF] European respiratory

E Kerwin, ME Poynter, CG Irvin, M Kohler, JD Chalmers… - 2016
... Group 1224 Near infrared spectroscopy for the assessment of peripheral tissue oxygenation
in pulmonary arterial hypertension Marios Panagiotou ... K. Johnson 1227 High burden of prevalent
tuberculosis among previously treated people in Southern Africa suggests potential for ...
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[PDF] Cardiovascular Reactivity in young adults with hypertensive and normotensive parents: A Gender based Comparative Study

A Verma, SR Arora, M Kumar - ACTA MEDICA, 2017
... INTRODUCTION Essential hypertension begins due to muta- tion of specific genes that
contribute to the risk of developing hypertension. ... prevalence of Pre-hypertension (PH)
has increased to 29.7% from 3.7% (NHANES-III-1988-1991).11 ...
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Alternative indices of glucose homeostasis as biochemical diagnostic tests for abnormal glucose tolerance in an African setting

AP Kengne, RT Erasmus, NS Levitt, TE Matsha - Primary Care Diabetes, 2017
... Aims. Accurate diabetes diagnosis is important in Africa, where rates are increasing, and the
disease largely undiagnosed. ... Biochemical parameters were analysed at an ISO 15189 accredited
Pathology practice (PathCare, Reference Laboratory, Cape Town, South Africa). ...
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Molecular and chemotypic variability of forskolin in Coleus forskohlii Briq., a high value industrial crop collected from Western Himalayas (India)

S Srivastava, A Misra, P Mishra, P Shukla, M Kumar… - RSC Advances, 2017
... subtropical and temperate parts of India, Nepal, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Pakistan and Sri
Lanka, countries of the Arabic region, Africa and South ... glaucoma, cardiovascular disorders, certain
types of cancers, asthma, eczema, psoriasis, angina, obesity, hypertension etc. 2–6 ...
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Vitamin A in pediatrics: An update from the Nutrition Committee of the French Society of Pediatrics

M Vidailhet, D Rieu, F Feillet, A Bocquet, JP Chouraqui… - Archives de Pédiatrie, 2017
... Vitamin A deficiency remains a public health problem in developing countries, mainly in Africa
and in the Indian subcontinent, with a high ... depletion of blood retinol [4]. Vitamin A in acute or
chronic excess can produce various disorders, including cranial hypertension [5], [6] and ...
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Psychiatric and General Medical Comorbidity

HL Millar, IM Salloum - Person Centered Psychiatry, 2016
... itself is a distinct diagnosis there is a general global consensus that metabolic syndrome is
characterised by central obesity with hypertension, dyslipidaemia and ... As part of its training remit
the Diabetes and Depression Africa Nurse Training programme was developed out of the ...
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Depression and Anxiety Disorders

MM Campbell, DJ Stein - Person Centered Psychiatry, 2016
... of recurrence and high comorbidity with other mental disorders such as anxiety disorders, and
chronic physical diseases such as asthma, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and
hypertension [10]. ... Dan Stein is supported by the Medical Research Council of South Africa. ...
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Hypertension—A Global Neurological Problem

JH Chin, JM Bhatt, AJ Lloyd-Smith - JAMA neurology, 2017
... 2016;15(9):913-924.PubMedArticle. 7. Hendriks ME, Wit FWNM, Roos MTL, et al. Hypertension
in sub-Saharan Africa: cross-sectional surveys in four rural and urban communities. PLoS One.
2012;7(3):e32638.PubMedArticle. 8. Irazola VE, Gutierrez L, Bloomfield G, et al. ...
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Hot Topic: Global Burden of Treating Hypertension—What is the Role of the Emergency Department?

AM Brody, VA Kumar, PD Levy - Current Hypertension Reports, 2017
... Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: a contextual view of patterns of disease, best management,
and systems issues. Cardiol Rev. ... Prevalence, determinants and systems-thinking approaches
to optimal hypertension control in West Africa. Global Health. ...
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[HTML] A survey of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in health screening camps of rural central Punjab, Pakistan

ST Shafi, T Shafi - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2017
... world. For example, the prevalence of hypertension is 30% in Germany, 30.5% in
men and 28.5% in women in the United States, 9.3–70.8% in Africa, 29.5% in Arab
countries, and 40.8% worldwide [1], [21], [22], [23] and [24]. ...
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[HTML] A realist review of mobile phone-based health interventions for non-communicable disease management in sub-Saharan Africa

D Opoku, V Stephani, W Quentin - BMC medicine, 2017
... 2015, and presented information on 18 interventions in various areas of care (dermatology, mental
healthcare, cancer, diabetes, and hypertension). ... understanding the contribution of mHealth
interventions to improved access to care for patients with NCDs in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
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External Validation of the fullPIERS Model for Predicting Adverse Maternal Outcomes in Pregnancy Hypertension in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

UV Ukah, B Payne, T Lee, LA Magee, P von Dadelszen - Hypertension, 2017
... who were admitted to a participating hospital unit with a HDP (ie, pre- eclampsia, gestational
hypertension, or chronic hypertension) and who had not yet experienced an adverse maternal
outcome, from July 2008 to March 2012 in 5 LMICs: Fiji, Uganda, South Africa, Brazil, and ...
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Hypertensive patients perception of their illness: A qualitative study

PT Sogunle, OA Egunjobi - Nigerian Journal of Family Practice, 2016
... Background - Studies have shown that as much as 50% of patients diagnosed with hypertension
do not adhere to management recommendations. This adherence behaviour is related to the
perception of hypertension by these patients. ... They felt hypertension is curable. ...
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Blood pressure pattern of adolescent offsprings of hypertensive fathers in Lagos Nigeria

AB Akodu, VA Inem, JN Ajuluchukwu - Nigerian Journal of Family Practice, 2016
... AB Akodu, VA Inem, JN Ajuluchukwu. Abstract. Background: Hypertension and its related
conditions have been recognized to be on the increase in developing countries. The roots
of essential hypertension may extend back into childhood. ...
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[PDF] The status of curriculum mapping of undergraduate medical programmes in South Africa.

GC Botha - 2016
... undergraduate medical programmes in South Africa Author: Ms. GC Botha ... ix Abstract Introduction:
Medical schools in South Africa have to provide evidence that the curriculum meets standards
for accreditation and that graduates can address the health care needs in society. ...
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Blood Pressure Control among Hypertensive Stroke Survivors in Nigeria

KW Wahab, PM Kolo, FK Salawu, EO Sanya - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular …, 2017
... hypertensive stroke survivors in Nigeria, a subject on which there is paucity of information in
sub-Saharan Africa; however, we had some limitations. Firstly, office BP measurement as used
in the present study could have been associated with white coat hypertension and an ...
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PTSD, Psychotropic Medication Use, and the Risk of Dementia Among US Veterans: A Retrospective Cohort Study

F Mawanda, RB Wallace, K McCoy, TE Abrams - Journal of the American Geriatrics …, 2017
... Next article in Early View: Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Sub-par ... covariates and potential
confounders for our analyses: demographic characteristics (ie, age, gender, race/ethnicity and
annual income), medical comorbidity (ie, traumatic brain injury, hypertension, ischemic heart ...
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[PDF] Short term medical mission: Serving the underserved patients in south southern Nigeria

FU Bassey-Akamune, MO Ilomuanya - Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 2017
... In most parts of Nigeria and Africa at large there is a dearth of medical personnel available to
see patients. ... It is for this reason that patients presenting with chronic illnesses like diabetes and
hypertension are given drug supply for 6 to 12 months (Joffe and Mindell, 2012). ...
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[PDF] Pulsatile Dynamics of the Optic Nerve Sheath and Intracranial Pressure: An Exploratory In Vivo Investigation

FCS Llewellyn Padayachy, R Brekken, G Fieggen… - 2016
... This work was funded by SINTEF (Trondheim, Norway) and University of Cape Town, South Africa. ...
16. Helmke K, Hansen HC. Fundamentals of transorbital sonographic evaluation of optic nerve
sheath expansion under intracranial hypertension. Pediatr Radiol. ...
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[PDF] Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Clinical Features of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: An Update

SJ An, TJ Kim, BW Yoon - Journal of Stroke, 2017
... of ICH incident cases (80%) and deaths (63%) occurred in low- and middle-income countries
such as Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia and ... countries.5 A population-based study in the United
Kingdom showed that the incidence of ICH associated with hypertension in patients ...
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[HTML] The effect of group exercise frequency on health related quality of life in institutionalized elderly

N Rugbeer, S Ramklass, A Mckune, J van Heerden - Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
... Rugbeer, Biokinetics, Exercise and Leisure Sciences (Sport Science), School of Health Sciences,
UKZN, Westville Campus, Durban, South Africa. ... process of aging may increase the occurrence
of chronic diseases and conditions such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease ...
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[PDF] In vivo Studies on the Possible Haematological Changes in Rats Administered Hibiscus sabdariffa Aqueous Extract

PE Aba, PE Joshua, C Oli - diabetes, 2016
... 1996;235-239. 8. Haji-Faraji M, Haji-Tarkhani A. The effect of sour tea Hibiscus sabdariffa on
essential hypertension. Journal of Ethnopharmacol. 1999;65:231-236. ... Watt JM, Breyer Brandwijk
MG. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa. 2nd Edition. ...
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[HTML] Schinzel-Giedion syndrome: a case with sacrococcygeal teratoma and cor-triatriatum dexter

LJ Anyanwu, A Mohammad, H Muhammad, I Aliyu… - Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
... PubMed | Google Scholar; Meher BK, Pradeep S, Das L, Tripathy P. Cor-triatriatum dexter with
pulmonary hypertension in a neonate. ... African Medical Journal (Pamj) and African Field
Epidemiology Network (AFENET): A partnership for the future of medical publishing in Africa. ...
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Religious differentials in morbidity prevalence and health care seeking behaviours among older persons in India

G Agrawal, SK PATEL - International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 2017
Page 1. Page | 1 Religious differentials in morbidity prevalence and health care seeking
behaviours among older persons in India Introduction Old age is inevitable and its
process is irreversible. Everyone has to face it irrespective ...
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[DOC] Early infant male circumcision: Systematic review, risk-benefit analysis, and progress in policy

BJ Morris, SE Kennedy, AD Wodak, A Mindel… - World J Clin Pediatr, 2017
... A Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs of condom use (two in the United
States, one in England and four in Africa) found, however, “little clinical evidence of
effectiveness” and no “favorable results” for HIV prevention [113] . ...
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[PDF] Comparison of the Hypoglycemic, Hypolipidemic and Hepatoprotective Effects of Asparagus racemosus Linn. in Combination with Gliclazide and Pioglitazone on …

A Al Mamun, M Hossain, MS Uddin, MT Islam… - 2016
... biosynthetic route [29]. Asparagus racemosus (AR) Linn. is commonly known in
Bengali Shatamuli belongs to Liliaceae family which is indigenous in Bangladesh,
India, Asia, Australia and Africa [30]. With numerous succulent ...
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Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology

D Chi, A Berchuck, DS Dizon, CM Yashar - 2017
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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis dysregulation and double product increases potentiate ischemic heart disease risk in a Black male cohort: the SABPA study

L Malan, CE Schutte, A Alkerwi, S Stranges, NT Malan - Hypertension Research, 2017
... Correspondence: Professor L Malan, Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), School
of Physiology, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, North-West University, Private Bag X6001,
Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa. E-mail: leone...@nwu.ac.za. ...
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Hypertension in Latin/Hispanic Population

LM Ruilope, JR Banegas, G Ruiz-Hurtado - Hypertension: A Companion to …, 2017
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… Unloading Therapy Reverses Thoracic Aortic Structural and Functional Changes in a Rat Model of Abdominal Aortic Constriction-Induced Arterial Hypertension

S Korkmaz-Icöz, P Brlecic, M Ruppert, T Radovits, S Li… - The Thoracic and …, 2017
... KG Stuttgart · New York Mechanical Pressure Unloading Therapy Reverses Thoracic
Aortic Structural and Functional Changes in a Rat Model of Abdominal Aortic
Constriction-Induced Arterial Hypertension. S. Korkmaz-Icöz 1 ...
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Macrophages Infiltration is Associated with Maladaptive Remodeling of the Right Ventricle in an Experimental Model of Pulmonary Hypertension

T Deuse, J Guihaire, E Fadel, H Reichenspurner… - The Thoracic and …, 2017
... Macrophages Infiltration is Associated with Maladaptive Remodeling of the Right Ventricle in
an Experimental Model of Pulmonary Hypertension. ... Objectives: Macrophages play a central role
in the development of pulmonary vascular damages in pulmonary hypertension (PH). ...
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Baroreflex Activation Therapy Effectively Reduces Drug-Resistant Arterial Hypertension in Mid-Term Follow-Up

T Madej, T Schmidt, K Matschke, M Knaut - The Thoracic and Cardiovascular …, 2017
... Baroreflex Activation Therapy Effectively Reduces Drug-Resistant Arterial Hypertension in Mid-
Term Follow-Up. ... Objectives: Drug-resistant arterial hypertension (5–10% of hypertensive
population) is associated with a high risk of cardiovascular and renal events. ...
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[HTML] Measurement of blood pressure for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in different ethnic groups: one size fits all

P Gill, MS Haque, U Martin, J Mant, MA Mohammed… - BMC Cardiovascular …, 2017
... For example, adults of West African descent in Europe and North America, whether they come
directly from Africa or indirectly from the Caribbean, generally have higher BP and a higher
prevalence of hypertension than those of European descent, with this being seen at all ...
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[HTML] Mitochondrial Genetics and Cancer

SG Malik - Journal of the Medical Sciences (Berkala ilmu …, 2017
... Safarina G. Malik. Abstract. The first modern human, the Mitochondrial Eve, was traced back to
Africa about 200,000 years ago, based on the variation in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). ... The
population expanded, and some courageous explorers ventured beyond Africa. ...
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Effect of INHALED ILOMEDIN on Biventricular Function in Postcardiotomic Patients with Low Cardiac Output Syndrome

C Raspè, M Wilbring, H Baust, E Charitos, H Treede… - The Thoracic and …, 2017
... LCOS. Methods: A total of 73 patients with postcardiotomia LCOS and pulmonary
artery hypertension were retrospectively investigated and LV- as well as RV function
were detected within the first 4 hours postoperatively. Results ...
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Effects of a lifestyle education program on glycemic control among patients with diabetes at Kigali University Hospital, Rwanda: A randomized controlled trial

A Etienne, WT David, K Vincent, R Brian, K Patrick… - Diabetes Research and …, 2017
... Although access to a healthy diet is often claimed to be the major barrier to implementation of
lifestyle based initiatives for diabetes in Africa [20], we hypothesized that under ... Forty nine per
cent of participants had hypertension; while 28.2% were obese (BMI>/= 30kg/m 2 ). ...
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Cardiovascular screening in low-income settings using a novel 4-lead smartphone-based electrocardiograph (D-Heart®)

A Faragli, J Imberti, N Briante, M Targetti, K Baldini… - International Journal of …, 2017
... in low-resource settings: a consensus document of the European Society of Hypertension Working
Group on Hypertension and Cardiovascular ... Mortality from cardiovascular diseases in sub-Saharan
Africa, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis of data from the Global Burden of ...
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[HTML] ESKD in sub-Saharan Africa: will governments now listen?

IG Okpechi - The Lancet Global Health, 2017
... Awareness of ESKD and its risk factors (eg, diabetes mellitus and hypertension) is low, and few
countries in sub-Saharan Africa have early detection programmes; even fewer have a national
maintenance dialysis programme for those with advanced disease. ...
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Healthy Cities in Africa: A Continent of Difference

J Simos, FB Naissem, J Naissem, FM Sokona… - Healthy Cities, 2017
... Healthy Cities. pp 89-132. Date: 18 February 2017. Healthy Cities in Africa: A Continent of
Difference. ... Copyright information. Abstract. Africa is one of the least urbanized continents. Less
than 40 % of the population (413 million of over one billion) lived in urban areas in 2011. ...
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EXPRESS: Characteristics of pediatric pulmonary hypertension trials registered on ClinicalTrials. gov

J Awerbach, RA Krasuski, KD Hill - Pulmonary Circulation, 2017
... 6 using the following search terms: pulmonary hypertension, ambrisentan, bosentan, ... (range:
2-56). Geographic representation included North America (n=31, 69%), Asia (17, 38%), Europe
(17, 38%), South America (5, 11%), Australia (3, 7%) and Africa (2, 4%). ...
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First report of a'Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium'-related strain associated with Bidens alba phyllody in Iran

C Hemmati, M Nikooei, A Bagheri, MM Faghihi - New Disease Reports, 2017
... alba (family Asteraceae), commonly known as shepherd's needle, is grown in tropical and
subtropical regions of North and South America, Asia and Africa (Hall et al., 2009). Some studies
indicate that it can be used as a remedy for cuts, swelling, hypertension, jaundice and ...
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Background To determine the diagnostic efficacy of ultrasonographic malignancy risk features (UMRFs) in follicular lesions (FL) in a population with low risk of …

A Tahir, K McLaughlin, G Kline - BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2016
... Factual data exploring the relationship between obesity and diabetes mellitus prevalence from
rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa remain scattered ... increased PA screening, many of the cases
are now found in patients with complex co-morbidities in addition to their hypertension. ...
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Background Regional networking between services that provide mental health care in Brazil's decentralized public health system is challenging, partly due to the …

M Guan - International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2017
... workers in relation to integrating child mental health care into primary health care in a rural setting
in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed ... Psychological morbidity and substance use among patients with
hypertension: a hospital-based cross-sectional survey from South West Ethiopia. ...
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Objectives We evaluated the rate of late recanalisation beyond 24 h after intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and its relationship with haemorrhagic transformation and …

MF Reiser - European Radiology, 2017
... article. Native myocardial T1 mapping in pulmonary hypertension:
correlations with cardiac function and hemodynamics. ...
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Background Reliable health metrics are crucial for accurately assessing disease burden and planning interventions. Many health indicators are measured through …

M Hoben, JW Poss, PG Norton, CA Estabrooks - Population Health Metrics, 2016
× Close The Infona portal uses cookies, ie strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device.
The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen
settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. ...
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The Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) is a symptom assessment tool commonly used in both research and clinical practice. A revised version of the tool ( …

H Gretarsdottir, N Fridriksdottir, S Gunnarsdottir - Journal of Pain and Symptom …, 2016
... Pain has been reported as the second most commonly reported symptom in people living
with HIV/AIDS. In South Africa, there are more than five million people living with HIV/AIDS.
Approximately, two million belong to the Xhosa cultural group. ...
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Nanotechnological Strategies for Treatment of Leishmaniasis—A Review

L De Almeida, AT Fujimura, MLD Cistia… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2017
... work was done with a multidisciplinary consortium of research teams from Europe, North and
Latin-America and Africa, coordinated by ... Pentamidine Intramuscular Pain, nausea, vomiting,
dizziness, myalgia, hypertension, headache, hypoglycemia, and transient hyperglycemia ...
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Hypertension management in a population of older adults in rural South Africa.

TV Jardim, S Reiger, S Abrahams-Gessel… - Journal of Hypertension, 2017
Objective: Assess awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension, as an indication of its
management, in rural South Africa, especially regarding modifiers of these variables.
Methods: A population-representative sample of adults aged at least 40 years residing in the
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The impact of multi-morbidity on disability among older adults in South Africa: do hypertension and socio-demographic characteristics matter?

P Waterhouse, N van der Wielen, PC Banda… - International Journal for …, 2017
Background: Alongside the global population ageing phenomenon, there has been a rise in
the number of individuals who suffer from multiple chronic conditions. Taking the case of
South Africa, this study aims, first, to investigate the association between multi-morbidity and
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[HTML] Cardiometabolic risk in a population of older adults with multiple co-morbidities in rural south africa: the HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: longitudinal studies of …

TA Gaziano, S Abrahams-Gessel, FX Gomez-Olive… - BMC Public Health, 2017
... resource settings, including sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) [2–4]. From the late 1990s to 2011,
non-communicable disease mortality increased steadily [3] in adults 50 years and above, due
largely to an increase in a number of risk factors such as hypertension, increased smoking ...
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[HTML] Outcomes in adults and children with end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

G Ashuntantang, C Osafo, WA Olowu, F Arogundade… - The Lancet Global Health, 2017
... Estimation of the anticipated incidence of ESKD based on the prevalence of hypertension and
diabetes suggests that only 1·5% of those requiring renal replacement therapy in sub-Saharan
Africa receive it.5 Others reported a gap between those who require and receive ...
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The Hypertension Pandemic: An Evolutionary Perspective

BC Rossier, M Bochud, O Devuyst - Physiology, 2017
Skip to main content. Other Journals from APS: AJP-Cell; AJP-Endo; AJP-GI; AJP-Heart;
AJP-Lung; AJP-Regu; AJP-Renal; AJP-Legacy; Physiology; Advances; JAPPL; JN; PG; PRV;
COMP PHYS; PHYSIOL REP; APSselect; www.physiology.org. Institution: Google Indexer. Login ...
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Specificities of Ischemic Stroke Risk Factors in Arab-Speaking Countries

H Abboud, L Sissani, J Labreuche, A Arauz… - Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2017
... JAMA 2003;289:2363-2369. Addo J, Smeeth L, Leon DA: Hypertension in sub-saharan Africa:
a systematic review. Hypertension 2007;50:1012-1018. ... Addo J, Smeeth L, Leon DA: Hypertension
in sub-saharan Africa: a systematic review. Hypertension 2007;50:1012-1018. ...
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[HTML] Physiotherapy postgraduate studies in South Africa: Facilitators and barriers

S Cobbing, S Maddocks, S Govender, S Khan… - South African Journal of …, 2017
... https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v73i1.335. Original Research. Physiotherapy postgraduate studies
in South Africa: Facilitators and barriers. ... Abstract. Aim: To investigate the facilitators and barriers
to attaining a postgraduate physiotherapy degree in South Africa. ...
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[DOC] Hypertension in low and middle-income countries: Challenges, gaps and limited resources specific strategies

K Salem, AJ Kinsara - World J Hypertens, 2017
... factors were the reason more than 2/3 of the eligible population in India and Chennai did not
receive guideline driven hypertension management. Similarly 43% lack awareness and 31%
are sub-optimally treated in China, while only 2% have a good control rate in Africa [4,10] . ...
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A bosentan pharmacokinetic study to investigate dosing regimens in paediatric patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: FUTURE‐3

RMF Berger, M Gehin, M Beghetti, D Ivy, A Kusic‐Pajic… - British Journal of Clinical …, 2017
... months; decreases in mPAP and PVR were also observed [18]. In FUTURE-1 (Pediatric
FormUlation of bosenTan in pUlmonary arterial hypeRtEnsion), an ... Asia, and Africa.
FUTURE-3 consisted of a screening period (maximum 4 weeks), followed by a 24-week ...
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From curiosity to commodity: a review of the evolution of sachet drinking water in West Africa

J Stoler - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2017
... From curiosity to commodity: a review of the evolution of sachet drinking water in West Africa.
Authors. Justin Stoler. ... Table 1. Summary of Published Literature Investigating Sachet Water Quality
in West Africa, 2011–2016. Study, Setting, n, Quality Measure, Outcome. ...
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Troponin T release is associated with silent myocardial ischaemia in black men: The SABPA Study

ME Griffiths, L Malan, R Delport, M Cockeran… - European Journal of …, 2017
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Mobile Health (mHealth) Technology for the Management of Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia: Slow Start but Loads of Potential

H Rehman, AK Kamal, PB Morris, S Sayani… - Current Atherosclerosis …, 2017
... prior literature. A recent study from South Africa used SMS to improve knowledge
regarding hypertension by sending 90 SMS in Xhosa (local language) to
hypertensive clinic patients over a period of 17 weeks [13]. Although ...
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A Case Control Study of Levels of Serum Magnesium and HbA1c among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

S Jayachandra, S Patil - International Journal of Physiology, 2017
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[HTML] Antiretroviral therapy related adverse effects: Can sub-Saharan Africa cope with the new “test and treat” policy of the World Health Organization?

JRN Nansseu, JJR Bigna - Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017
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population: the overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome turns around 8.7–58% in Africa [ ...
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[PDF] Burden of severe maternal morbidity and association with adverse birth outcomes in sub–Saharan Africa and south Asia: protocol for a prospective cohort study.

WW Fawzi - 2016
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HIV INFECTION AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK PROFILE IN A RURAL SOUTH AFRICAN POPULATION: THE NDLOVU COHORT STUDY

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Pediatric Cancer in Africa: A Case-Based Guide to Diagnosis and Management

DC Stefan, M Harif - 2017
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Federico Gobbi*, Dora Buonfrate*, Andrea Angheben, Anna Beltrame, Matteo Bassetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Giuseppe Bogina, Simone Caia

S Duranti, M Gobbo, V Marchese, S Marocco, M Merelli… - 2017
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and chronic infection (pulmonary hypertension). ... S mansoni is present in Africa, Latin America,
and in the Middle East, whereas S haematobium exists in Africa and the Middle East ...
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[HTML] The Changing Landscape for Stroke Prevention in AF

MV Huisman, KJ Rothman, M Paquette, C Teutsch… - Journal of the American …, 2017
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Pulmonary nodules in African migrants caused by chronic schistosomiasis

F Gobbi, D Buonfrate, A Angheben, A Beltrame… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2017
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and chronic infection (pulmonary hypertension). ... S mansoni is present in Africa, Latin America,
and in the Middle East, whereas S haematobium exists in Africa and the Middle East ...
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