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SynthesisCardiovascular journal of Africa

The Healthy Aging Adult South Africa report card: a systematic review of the evidence between 2013 and 2020 for middle-aged South African men and women.

Lisa K Micklesfield, Andrea Kolkenbeck-Ruh, Gudani Mukoma, Alessandra Prioreschi, Rihlat Said-Mohamed, Lisa J Ware, Molebogeng Motlhatlhedi, Stephanie V Wrottesley, Shane A Norris

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Synthesis 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 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Lisa K MicklesfieldSAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Email: Lisa.micklesfield@wits.ac.za.
Andrea Kolkenbeck-RuhSAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Gudani MukomaSAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Alessandra PrioreschiSAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Rihlat Said-MohamedSAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Lisa J WareSAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Molebogeng MotlhatlhediSAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Stephanie V WrottesleySAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Shane A NorrisSAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to the increasing non-communicable disease burden in Africa, several strategies that target the major lifestyle and physiological risk factors have been implemented to combat such diseases. The Healthy Aging Adult South Africa report card systematically reviews national and regional prevalence data of middle-aged South African adults (45-65 years) published between 2013 and 2020 on diet, physical activity, tobacco use and alcohol consumption, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes mellitus. Each indicator was assigned two grades, (1) based on the availability of prevalence data, and (2) based on whether policies have been proposed and implemented for the respective indicators. Alcohol consumption, obesity, hypertension and diabetes received an A grade for the availability of prevalence data. Tobacco use and diet received an A grade for policy and implementation. Gaps have been identified that need to be filled by future research focusing on continued surveillance of all indicators in order to inform and implement effective policies.

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Diabetes MellitusHealthy AgingHypertensionAdultExerciseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesityPrevalenceRisk FactorsSouth Africaalcoholdiabetesdietdyslipidaemiahypertensionobesityphysical activitytobacco

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PMID35789240
PMCPMC9650148

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