SynthesisJournal of hypertension2014
Hypertension and overweight/obesity in Ghanaians and Nigerians living in West Africa and industrialized countries: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Journal of hypertension, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04010344 (Addressing Hypertension Control in Africa), which is not on this map. Cited by 48 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Addressing Hypertension Control in Africa (ADHINCRA) Study
Who cites it
48 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of hypertension in Ghanaian society: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE assessment.Systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Nigeria in 1995 and 2020: A systematic analysis of current evidence.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2021Pooled it
- Overweight and obesity epidemic in Ghana-a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2016Pooled it
- The prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension among workers in West Africa: a systematic review.Global health action · 2015Pooled it
- Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Dietary Behaviors and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among West African Immigrants in Chicago,IL.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Prevalence of hypertension and its associated factors among public school teachers in Obuasi East Municipality, Ghana.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Community perspectives on the built environment, community stress, and the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in Accra, Ghana.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Lessons Learned From Implementing a Virtual Diabetes Prevention Program among African Immigrants: The AFRO-DPP.Ethnicity & disease · 2025Article
- Unrecognized hypertension among a general adult Ghanaian population: An urban community-based cross-sectional study of prevalence and putative risk factors of lifestyle and obesity indices.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- A Health Profile of African Immigrant Men in the United States.Journal of migration and health · 2023Article
- Migration-Related Weight Changes among African Immigrants in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Associations between Depression, Acculturation, and Cardiovascular Health among African Immigrants in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Cardiovascular health care and health literacy among immigrants in Europe: a review of challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2022Review
- High BMI: an important health risk factor among older adults in Ghana.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
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- Determinants of change in blood pressure in Ghana: Longitudinal data from WHO-SAGE Waves 1-3.PloS one · 2021Article
- Review of Ongoing Activities and Challenges to Improve the Care of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Across Africa and the Implications for the Future.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Review
- A Cost Analysis of Haemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis for the Management of End-Stage Renal Failure At an Academic Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa.PharmacoEconomics - open · 2019Article
- The Association Between Acculturation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Ghanaian and Nigerian-born African Immigrants in the United States: The Afro-Cardiac Study.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2018Article
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Abstract
contextThere is a growing prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in West Africa and among its migrants to industrialized countries. Despite this, no study has reviewed CVD risk factor prevalence among West Africans in Africa and industrialized countries.
objectiveTo appraise studies on the prevalence of two CVD risk factors (hypertension and overweight/obesity) among two major West African populations (Ghanaians and Nigerians) in Africa and industrialized countries.
methodsA comprehensive literature search from 1996 to July 2012 was undertaken to identify quantitative studies on hypertension and overweight/obesity among adult Ghanaians and Nigerians in West Africa and industrialized countries.
resultsTwenty studies were included with 10 conducted in Ghana, six conducted in Nigeria and four in industrialized countries. Studies in Ghana and Nigeria reported a hypertension prevalence of 19.3-54.6% with minimal differences between rural, urban, semi-urban, and mixed populations. Of the hypertensive patients, 14-73% were aware of their condition, 3-86% were on treatment, and 2-13% had controlled blood pressures. Overweight/obesity prevalence in Ghana and Nigeria ranged from 20 to 62% and 4 to 49%, respectively. The four studies in industrialized countries reported a hypertension prevalence of 8.4-55% and overweight/obesity prevalence of 65.7-90%.
conclusionHypertension and overweight/obesity are highly prevalent conditions in West Africa and in its migrants residing in industrialized countries. Urgent measures are needed to prevent CVD risk factors and halt the clinical sequelae.
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