High burden of hypertension across the age groups among residents of Gondar city in Ethiopia: a population based cross sectional study

• Main Authors: Abayneh Girma Demisse (Author), Ermias Shenkutie Greffie (Author), Solomon Mekonnen Abebe (Author), Abera Balcha Bulti (Author), Shitaye Alemu (Author), Bewketu Abebe (Author), Nebiyu Mesfin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background According to a report on the worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015, mean blood pressure is increasing in low and middle income countries while it is either decreasing or stabilizing in high income countries. Few studies have been published on the prevalence of hype...