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Profile of people with hypertension in Nairobi’s slums: a descriptive study

Authors: Annelieke Hulzebosch, Steven van de Vijver, Samuel O. Oti, Thaddaeus Egondi, Catherine Kyobutungi

Published in: Globalization and Health | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

Background

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a rising health burden among the world’s poor with hypertension as the main risk factor. In sub-Saharan Africa, hypertension is increasingly affecting the urban population of which a substantial part lives in slums. This study aims to give insight into the profile of patients with hypertension living in slums of Nairobi, Kenya.

Methods

Sociodemographic and anthropometric data as well as clinical measurements including BP from 440 adults with hypertension aged 35 years and above living in Korogocho, a slum on the eastern side of Nairobi, Kenya, will be collected at baseline and at the first clinic visit.

Conclusion

The study population showed high prevalence of overweight and abdominal obesity as well as behavioral risk factors such as smoking, alcohol and a low vegetable and fruit intake. Furthermore, the majority of hypertensive patients do not take anti-hypertensive medication and the ones who do show little adherence.

Trial registration

Current controlled trials ISRCTN84424579.

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Title: Profile of people with hypertension in Nairobi’s slums: a descriptive study
Authors: Annelieke Hulzebosch
Steven van de Vijver
Samuel O. Oti
Thaddaeus Egondi
Catherine Kyobutungi
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Globalization and Health / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1744-8603
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-015-0112-1

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

Profile of people with hypertension in Nairobi’s slums: a descriptive study

Abstract

Background

Methods

Conclusion

Trial registration

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Background

Methods

Conclusion

Trial registration

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