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ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2018

Hypertension in a resource-limited setting: Is it associated with end organ damage in older adults in rural Tanzania?

Harry W I Putnam, Rebecca Jones, Jane Rogathi, William K Gray, Bernadetha Swai, Matthew Dewhurst, Felicity Dewhurst, Richard W Walker

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Article in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Harry W I PutnamThe Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Rebecca JonesThe Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Jane RogathiKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania.
William K GrayNorthumbria Healthcare, NHS Foundation Trust, North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9597-5446
Bernadetha SwaiHai District Medical Centre, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania.
Matthew DewhurstNorthumbria Healthcare, NHS Foundation Trust, North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields, UK.
Felicity DewhurstNorthumbria Healthcare, NHS Foundation Trust, North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields, UK.
Richard W WalkerNorthumbria Healthcare, NHS Foundation Trust, North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields, UK.
North Tyneside General Hospital · GBKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre · TZNewcastle University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Few data from sub-Saharan Africa exist on the effects of hypertension on the organs of the human body. We aimed to establish the prevalence of hypertensive end organ damage (EOD) in an elderly cohort of Tanzanians. The population aged 70 years and over of 2 villages in northern Tanzania (n = 246), had blood pressure (BP) data available from 2010 and 2013, and underwent in-depth follow-up for markers of hypertensive EOD in 2016. Assessment included ankle-brachial pressure index, lying-standing BP, electrocardiogram, and mid-stream urine dip. Sustained hypertension (those with hypertension at all 3 assessments) was found in 129 (52.4% subjects). Of the entire cohort, 13.9% had left ventricular hypertrophy and 26.4% had peripheral arterial disease, both of which were associated with sustained hypertension, although orthostatic hypotension, stroke, proteinuria, and arterial stiffening were not. Further investigation, particularly in younger age groups, is merited if hypertension-associated morbidity is to be controlled.

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Ankle Brachial IndexBlood Pressure DeterminationElectrocardiographyHypertensionAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansHypertrophy, Left VentricularMalePeripheral Arterial DiseasePrevalenceRisk FactorsRural PopulationStrokeTanzaniaend organ damagehypertensionlow- and middle-income countriessub-Saharan AfricaTanzania

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PMID29446219
PMCPMC8031133
OpenAlexW2791485447

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