Prevalence of high blood pressure and associated factors among adolescents and young people in Tanzania and Uganda

• Published in: The journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 470 - 478
• Main Authors: Nsanya, Mussa K., Kavishe, Bazil B., Katende, David, Mosha, Neema, Hansen, Christian, Nsubuga, Rebecca N., Munderi, Paula, Grosskurth, Heiner, Kapiga, Saidi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; adolescents; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Case-Control Studies; Child; Cost of Illness; Cross-Sectional Studies; Feeding Behavior - physiology; Female; Humans; hypertension; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension in Africa; Male; Obesity - complications; Obesity - epidemiology; Original Paper; Prehypertension - diagnosis; Prehypertension - epidemiology; Prevalence; pre‐hypertension; schools; Schools - statistics & numerical data; Sex Factors; Tanzania - epidemiology; Uganda - epidemiology; Young Adult; young adults; Uganda; Tanzania; pre-hypertension; adolescents; schools; hypertension; young adults

We conducted a cross‐sectional study among school/college students in Tanzania and Uganda to determine the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and associated factors. Participants were classified to have high BP if they had pre‐hypertension or hypertension. Interviews were done using the WHO STEP...