Prevalence of hypertension and diabetes among Ethiopian adults
| Autor: | Michelle A. Williams, Lemba D. Nshisso, Sebelewengel Lemma, Bizu Gelaye, Yemane Berhane, Angela Reese |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Blood Glucose Employment Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Occupational Medicine Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Blood Pressure Comorbidity Article Cohort Studies Young Adult Diabetes mellitus Internal Medicine medicine Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence Glucose test Humans Young adult medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Public health Urban Health General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Confidence interval Blood pressure Hypertension Female Ethiopia business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Diabetesmetabolic syndrome. 6(1) |
| ISSN: | 1878-0334 |
| Popis: | Objective To determine the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes among members of an Ethiopian occupational cohort; and to examine the proportion of adults who were aware of their conditions. Methods A total of 2153 of subjects were included in this cross-sectional study. The World Health Organization STEPwise approach for non-communicable diseases was used to collect socio-demographic data, blood pressure measures and blood samples from participants. Prevalence estimates for hypertension and diabetes were determined separately. The 95% confidence intervals for prevalence estimates were also determined. Results The overall prevalence of hypertension was 19.1% (95%CI: 17.1–20.8) and 22% (95%CI: 20.2–23.8) and 14.9% (95%CI: 13.4–16.4) among men and women respectively. The overall prevalence of diabetes was 6.5% (95%CI: 5.4–7.6) and 6.4% (95%CI: 5.0–7.8) and 6.6% (95%CI: 4.8–8.4) among men and women correspondingly. Notably, 15% of hypertensives reported never having had their blood pressure checked prior to the present study examination. Approximately 45% of participants who had their blood pressure checked were never diagnosed with hypertension, but were found to be hypertensive in our study. Approximately 27% of newly diagnosed diabetics (during this study) reported never having a previous blood glucose test. Among those who had their blood glucose assessed prior to this study, 17.4% were found to have diabetes but were never diagnosed. Conclusion The high prevalence of hypertension and diabetes reported in our study confirms findings from other Sub-Saharan Africa countries, and extends the literature to urban dwelling Ethiopians where non-communicable diseases are emerging as a major public health concern. |
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