ArticleCardiovascular journal of Africa
Prevalence and associated risk factors for elevated blood pressure in young adults in South Africa.
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- When the sum isn't the whole - The vascular status score and its components in hypertension identification: The African PREDICT study.Journal of human hypertension · 2026Article
- Risk factors of hypertension in South Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis to inform the development of a clinical prediction model.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2026Article
- Influence of puberty on relationships between body composition and blood pressure: a cross-sectional study.Pediatric research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSub-Saharan Africa has been shown to have a high prevalence of hypertension (58% in rural black South Africans) with an accelerated course ending in end-stage renal disease. We sought to determine whether the prevalence of elevated blood pressure (EBP) in early adulthood was associated with any risk factors and/or renal target-organ damage in young adulthood, which could prevent development of these cardiorenal sequelae.
methodsData including risk factors for hypertension and markers of kidney damage were collected from young adults (
resultsFifty-four per cent of the study sample had EBP with more men affected (62%) than women (47%) (
conclusionsOur findings suggest that the pathophysiology of EBP in young adults differs between the genders and highlights a number of modifiable factors in its development.
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