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Plange-Rhule, J., Kerry, S. M., Eastwood, J. B., Micah, F. B., Antwi, S. and Cappuccio, Francesco (2018) Blood pressure and haematological indices in twelve communities in Ashanti, Ghana. International Journal of Hypertension, 2018 . doi:10.1155/2018/5952021 ISSN 2090-0392.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5952021
Abstract
Hypertension is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa. In western populations, high haemoglobin levels are associated with raised BP unlike in Sub-Saharan Africa where there is a paucity of data. Our study examines the association between haematological indices with BP variables. Weight, height, BP, and whole blood indices of viscosity (Hb, haematocrit, RBC count, and MCV) were measured in 921 adults (340 men, 581 women; aged 40–75) in 12 communities in Ghana. Mean values for Hb (12.3 g/dl ± 1.7 SD), haematocrit (36.7% ± 5.2), RBC (4.10 million/
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | |||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Hypertension -- Case studies -- Ashanti, Cardiovascular system — Diseases -- Case studies -- Ashanti | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Hypertension | |||||||||
Publisher: | Hindawi | |||||||||
ISSN: | 2090-0392 | |||||||||
Official Date: | 5 April 2018 | |||||||||
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Volume: | 2018 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.1155/2018/5952021 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 March 2018 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 April 2018 | |||||||||
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