Prevalence of hypertension and selected cardiovascular risk factors among adolescents in selected rural and urban secondary schools in Botswana.
CONCLUSIONS: Hypertension, overweight/obesity and alcohol intake were common among these adolescents in Botswana. Strategies to reduce the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases should be urgently developed and implemented to prevent cardiovascular disease-related morbidity and mortality in the future.
PMID: 31781715 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cardiovascular Journal of Africa - Category: Cardiology Authors: Mokgwathi M, Mwita JC Tags: Cardiovasc J Afr Source Type: research
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