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ArticleCardiovascular journal of Africa

Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolaemia among adults in Dande municipality, Angola.

João M Pedro, Miguel Brito, Henrique Barros

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Article in Cardiovascular journal of Africa. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

João M PedroCISA, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Angola, Caxito, Angola; EPIUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. Email: joao.almeidapedro@cisacaxito.org.
Miguel BritoEscola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Henrique BarrosEPIUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo estimate the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolaemia in an Angolan population aged 15 to 64 years and to determine relationships with sociodemographic, behavioural and anthropometric characteristics.

methodsA total of 2 354 individuals were assessed for behavioural, sociodemographic and physical characteristics in a cross-sectional, community-based survey. Post-stratification survey weights were applied to obtain prevalence levels. Adjusted odds ratios for each variable related to the conditions were calculated using logistic regression models.

resultsOverall, the prevalence of hypertension was 18.0%, diabetes 9.2% and hypercholesterolaemia 4.0%. Among hypertensive individuals, the awareness rate was 48.5%; 15.8% were on treatment and 9.1% had their blood pressure controlled. Only 10.8% were aware they had diabetes, 4.5% were on treatment and 2.7% were controlled. The awareness level for hypercholesterolaemia was 4.2%, with 1.4% individuals on treatment and 1.4% controlled.

conclusionThe prevalence levels of hypertension and diabetes, which were higher than previous findings for the region, together with the observed low rates of awareness, treatment and control of all conditions studied, constitute an additional challenge to the regional health structures, which must rapidly adapt to the epidemiological shift occurring in this population.

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AwarenessHealth BehaviorHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAdolescentAdultAngolaCross-Sectional StudiesDiabetes MellitusFemaleHealth Care SurveysHumansHypercholesterolemiaHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedPrevalence

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PMID29293258
PMCPMC6008895
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