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

Peter Lloyd-Sherlock; John Beard; Nadia Minicuci; Shah Ebrahim; Somnath Chatterji

doi:10.1093/ije/dyt215

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

Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, John Beard, Nadia Minicuci, Shah Ebrahim, Somnath Chatterji

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	116-128
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Journal of Epidemiology
Volume	43
Issue number	1
Early online date	6 Feb 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyt215
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

Hypertension
older people
risk factors
developing countries

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