ArticleEthnicity & disease2017
Determinants of Raised Blood Pressure in Urban Uganda: A Community-Based Case-Control Study.
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Abstract
objectiveRapid urbanization is changing the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to identify the determinants of raised blood pressure in urban Uganda to highlight targets for preventive interventions.
designCase-control.
settingThree community-based sites in Kampala, the capital of Uganda.
participantsParticipants were eligible to enroll if they were aged ≥18 years and not pregnant.
methods450 cases with raised blood pressure were frequency matched by sex and age to 412 controls. Unconditional logistic regression was used to evaluate the association of socio-demographic, lifestyle, anthropometric, and laboratory variables with the outcome of raised blood pressure. Cases currently treated with antihypertensive medication and cases not treated with antihypertensive medication were analyzed separately.
resultsSignificantly increased odds of raised blood pressure were associated with overweight body mass index (BMI) (25 kg/m
conclusionsTargeted interventions are needed to address the key modifiable risk factors for raised blood pressure identified in this study, namely elevated BMI and regular physical activity, in order to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in urban Uganda.
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