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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Cardiovascular risk assessment in low-resource settings: A consensus document of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk in Low Resource Settings
Journal of Hypertension, Volume 32, No. 5, Year 2014
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The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 confirms ischemic heart disease and stroke as the leading cause of death and that hypertension is the main associated risk factor worldwide. How best to respond to the rising prevalence of hypertension in resource-deprived settings is a topic of ongoing public-health debate and discussion. In low-income and middle-income countries, socioeconomic inequality and cultural factors play a role both in the development of risk factors and in the access to care. In Europe, cultural barriers and poor communication between health systems and migrants may limit migrants from receiving appropriate prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. To use more efficiently resources available and to make treatment cost-effective at the patient level, cardiovascular risk approach is now recommended. In 2011, The European Society of Hypertension established a Working Group on 'Hypertension and Cardiovascular risk in low resource settings', which brought together cardiologists, diabetologists, nephrologists, clinical trialists, epidemiologists, economists, and other stakeholders to review current strategies for cardiovascular risk assessment in population studies in low-income and middle-income countries, their limitations, possible improvements, and future interests in screening programs. This report summarizes current evidence and presents highlights of unmet needs. © 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Authors & Co-Authors
Modesti, Pietro Amedeo
Italy, Florence
Università Degli Studi Di Firenze, Facoltà Di Medicina e Chirurgia
Agostoni, Piergiuseppe
Italy, Milan
Irccs Centro Cardiologico Monzino
Agyemang, Charles O.
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Universiteit Van Amsterdam
Basu, Sanjay
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Bénétos, Athanase M.
France, Nancy
Université de Lorraine
Cappuccio, Francesco Paolo
United Kingdom, Coventry
Warwick Medical School
Ceriello, Antonio
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas
del Prato, Stefano
Italy, Pisa
Università Di Pisa
Kalyesubula, Robert
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
O'brien, Eoin T.
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Kilama, Michael O.
Uganda, Kampala
Benedict Medical Center
Perlini, Stefano
Italy, Pavia
Università Degli Studi Di Pavia
Picano, Eugenio
Italy, Pisa
Istituto Di Fisiologia Clinica Del Cnr
Reboldi, Gianpaolo
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Remuzzi, Giuseppe
Italy, Milan
Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri
Stuckler, David
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Twagirumukiza, Marc
Belgium, Ghent
Heymans Institute of Pharmacology
van Bortel, Luc M.A.B.
Belgium, Ghent
Heymans Institute of Pharmacology
Watfa, Ghassan
France, Nancy
Chu de Nancy
Zhao, Dong
China, Beijing
Capital Medical University
Parati, Gianfranco
Italy, Milan
Università Degli Studi Di Milano-bicocca
Italy, Milan
Irccs Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Statistics
Citations: 80
Authors: 21
Affiliations: 21
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/HJH.0000000000000125
ISSN:
02636352
e-ISSN:
14735598
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study