The global impact of hypertension

dc.contributor.authorKer, James A.
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-01T05:46:47Z
dc.date.available2016-08-01T05:46:47Z
dc.date.issued2016-03
dc.description.abstractIt is estimated that hypertension is the cause of about 50% of heart disease, stroke and heart failure (HF), 18% of deaths overall and more than 40% of deaths in people with diabetes. In addition, hypertension is a leading risk for dementia, renal failure and risk for foetal and maternal death in pregnancy. Hypertension is very common as approximately four in 19 adults older than 25 years of age have hypertension, another one in five have prehypertension and nine in 10 adults living to 80 years of age will develop hypertension. Hypertension also disproportionally impacts low-income and middle-income countries as 60% of those with hypertension are in these economically developing countries.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentInternal Medicineen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.specialistforum.co.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKer, J 2016, 'The global impact of hypertension', The Specialist Forum, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 15-17.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2218-8282
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/56139
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherNew Media Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights© The Specialist Forumen_ZA
dc.subjectHypertensionen_ZA
dc.subjectHeart deseaseen_ZA
dc.subjectDiabetesen_ZA
dc.subjectPregnancyen_ZA
dc.titleThe global impact of hypertensionen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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