Ten-year change in blood pressure levels and prevalence of hypertension in urban and rural Cameroon.: Blood pressure changes in Cameroon

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Ten-year change in blood pressure levels and prevalence

of hypertension in urban and rural Cameroon.

Léopold Fezeu, André-Pascal Kengne, Beverly Balkau, Pascal Awah,

Jean-Claude Mbanya

To cite this version:

Léopold Fezeu, André-Pascal Kengne, Beverly Balkau, Pascal Awah, Jean-Claude Mbanya. Ten-year change in blood pressure levels and prevalence of hypertension in urban and rural Cameroon.: Blood pressure changes in Cameroon. J Epidemiol Community Health, 2010, 64 (4), pp.360-5. �10.1136/jech.2008.086355�. �inserm-00559362�

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Systolic Blood Pressure

179.0 152.5 137.0 122.0 106.0 83.5 C um ul at ive P er ce nt ag e 100 80 60 40 20 0 Zone: Rural

Diastolic Blood Pressure

121.5 102.5 92.5 82.0 72.0 61.0 36.5 C um ul at ive P er ce nt ag e 100 80 60 40 20 0 Zone: Urban

Systolic Blood Pressure

179.0 152.5 137.0 122.0 106.0 83.5 C um ul at ive P er ce nt ag e 100 80 60 40 20 0 Zone: Urban

Diastolic Blood Pressure

121.5 102,5 92,5 82.0 72.0 61.0 36.5 C um ul at ive P er ce nt ag e 100 80 60 40 20 0

Figure 1 Cumulative distributions of systolic and diastolic blood pressures in 1994 and 2003 by sex and place of residence in Cameroonians aged

24 to 74years