Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2020 Oct 15:13:135-143.
doi: 10.2147/IBPC.S276089. eCollection 2020.

Epidemiology of Hypertension in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review

Nanati Legese  1 , Yohannes Tadiwos  1
Affiliations
Review

Epidemiology of Hypertension in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review

Nanati Legese et al. Integr Blood Press Control. .

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is one of the leading causes of disease in the world. This study is a systematic review paper, intended to provide compressive evidence on the prevalence, distribution, determinants, and burden of hypertension in Ethiopia.

Methods: A quantitative epidemiological literature review was conducted by searching different articles in different databases, including PubMed, Cochrane, and Google scholar. The search involved population-based, hospital-based, and institution-based studies on hypertension conducted in Ethiopia. All data were extracted independently by two reviewers using data collection formats. Finally, this review included 22 studies.

Results: Different studies reported varied prevalence of hypertension because of the differences in participant's mean ages, source population, and study settings. Population-based studies revealed the prevalence of hypertension to be 9.3-30.3%, institution-based studies revealed 7-37%, whereas hospital-based studies revealed 13.2-18.8%. In studies included in this review, about 37-78% of hypertensive patients were not aware of their blood pressure condition. There was a high prevalence of hypertension in urban residents, and different factors were associated with hypertension, including being overweight, family history of hypertension, age, sex, diabetes mellitus, alcohol intake, physical inactivity, and obesity.

Conclusion and recommendation: Hypertension was substantially prevalent in Ethiopia, which calls for the implementation of timely and appropriate strategies for the prevention and control of the disease.

Keywords: Ethiopia; associated factors; epidemiology; hypertension; prevalence.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests for this work.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
PRISMA Flow Diagram. Notes: PRISMA figure adapted from Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group (2009). Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000097. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed1000097.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. World Health Organization. International Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the management of hypertension. J Hypertension. 1999;17:151–183. - PubMed
    1. World Health Report. Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life. 2002; Available from ttp://www.who.int/whr/2002/en. Accessed September28, 2020.
    1. World Health Organization. Global status report on Noncommunicable diseases. 2014; Available from https://www.who.int/nmh/publications/ncd-status-report-2014/en/. Accessed September28, 2020.
    1. World Health Organization. Epidemiology of hypertension. JAPI. 2013;61:12–13.
    1. World Health Organization. Causes of Death. Geneva; 2008. Available from https://www.who.int/gho/mortality_burden_disease/causes_death_2008/en/. Accessed September28, 2020.

LinkOut - more resources