Regional prevalence of hypertension among people diagnosed with diabetes in Africa, a systematic review and meta-analysis.

• Main Authors: Thomas Hinneh (Author), Samuel Akyirem (Author), Irene Fosuhemaa Bossman (Author), Victor Lambongang (Author), Patriot Ofori-Aning (Author), Oluwabunmi Ogungbe (Author), Yvonne Commodore Mensah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hypertension and diabetes comorbidity can increase healthcare expenditure and the risk of coronary heart disease. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence of hypertension among people with diabetes in African countries. We searched EMBASE, PubMed and HINARI datab...