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Socioeconomic macro-level determinants of hypertension : ecological analysis of 138 low- and middle-income countries
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Abba, Mustapha S., Nduka, Chidozie U., Anjorin, Seun S., Zanna, Fatima H. and Uthman, Olalekan A. (2023) Socioeconomic macro-level determinants of hypertension : ecological analysis of 138 low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 10 (2). 57. doi:10.3390/jcdd10020057 ISSN 2308-3425.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcdd10020057
Abstract
Aim: To assess the relative importance of major socioeconomic determinants of population health on the burden of hypertension in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Methods: Country-level data from 138 countries based on World Development Indicators 2020 were used for correlation and linear regression analyses of eight socioeconomic predictors of hypertension: current health expenditure, domestic general government health expenditure per capita, GDP per capita, adult literacy rate, unemployment rate, urban population, multidimensional poverty index, and total population. Results: The median prevalence of age-standardised hypertension was 25.8% across the 138 countries, ranging from 13.7% in Peru to 33.4% in Niger. For every 10% increase in the unemployment rate, the prevalence of hypertension increased by 2.70%. For every 10% increase in the percentage of people living in urban areas, hypertension was reduced by 0.63%. Conclusions: The findings revealed that countries with high GDP, more investment in health and an improved multidimensional poverty index have a lower prevalence of hypertension.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Hypertension -- Economic aspects, Hypertension -- Social aspects, Medical care -- Economic aspects , Medical care -- Social aspects, Poverty -- Social aspects, Poverty -- Economic aspects | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
ISSN: | 2308-3425 | ||||||
Official Date: | 30 January 2023 | ||||||
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Volume: | 10 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Article Number: | 57 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/jcdd10020057 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 March 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 March 2023 |
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