Demographic, socioeconomic, and biological correlates of hypertension in an adult population: evidence from the Bangladesh demographic and health survey 2017-18

• Main Authors: Afrin Iqbal (Author), Karar Zunaid Ahsan (Author), Kanta Jamil (Author), M. Moinuddin Haider (Author), Shusmita Hossain Khan (Author), Nitai Chakraborty (Author), Peter Kim Streatfield (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bangladesh is well advanced in the epidemiologic transition from communicable to noncommunicable diseases, which now account for two out of three deaths annually. This paper examines the latest nationally representative hypertension prevalence estimates, awareness, treatment, and...