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. 1998 Feb 21;316(7131):614-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7131.614.

Hypertension treatment and control in sub-Saharan Africa: the epidemiological basis for policy

R S Cooper  1 , C N Rotimi, J S Kaufman, W F Muna, G A Mensah
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Hypertension treatment and control in sub-Saharan Africa: the epidemiological basis for policy

R S Cooper et al. BMJ. .
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Although the relative risk of a cardiovascular event in people with high and normal blood pressure is similar in Africa and the United States, the absolute risk is up to 13 times greater in Africans
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Figure 1
Probability density distribution of age adjusted systolic blood pressure in three African communities.
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Figure 2
Individual attributable risk, number needed to treat, and population attributable risk in relation to thresholds for hypertension treatment. Smoothed plots were derived from analysis of adult mortality in Igboora-Pa, Nigeria
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