Cardiovascular status and blood pressure in a population sample in Ghana--the Mamprobi survey.
In a medical survey of an urban population in Ghana, abnormal cardiovascular findings were present in 25% of the population aged from 15 to 64 years. This was largely due to hypertension and to cardiomegaly of obscure origin. The prevalence of valvular heart disease was comparatively low. Abnormal cardiovascular findings were commonest in the lowest third of the socio-economic stratum and next most frequent in the highest third. Abnormal findings were not related to smoking or drinking habits; these seem to be only marginally important in the population at present.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005869:Ghana; D006306:Health Surveys; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population