Individual and household level factors associated with presence of multiple non-communicable disease risk factors in Kenyan adults

• Main Authors: Frederick M Wekesah (Author), Loise Nyanjau (Author), Joseph Kibachio (Author), Martin K Mutua (Author), Shukri F Mohamed (Author), Diederick E Grobbee (Author), Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch (Author), Christine Ngaruiya (Author), Tilahun N Haregu (Author), Gershim Asiki (Author), Catherine K Kyobutungi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), are increasing globally, causing about 60% of disability-adjusted life years and 39.8 million deaths in 2015. Risk factors often cluster and interact multiplicatively in an individual and this is strongly associated with the development and sever...