Urbanization and Socioeconomic Disparities in Hypertension among Older Adult Women in Sudan

• Main Authors: Shahd Osman (Author), Christy Costanian (Author), Nur Beyhan Annan (Author), Fouad M. Fouad (Author), Miran Jaffa (Author), Abla M. Sibai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Evidence from the developed world associates higher prevalence of hypertension with lower socioeconomic status (SES). However, patterns of association are not as clear in Africa and other developing countries, with varying levels of socioeconomic development and epidemiological transitio...