title: [Ageing and chronic diseases in Senegal. A comparison between rural (Ferlo) and urban (Dakar) populations].
abstract: The objectives of this study were: to compare the prevalence of hypertension, overweight and obesity in rural (Ferlo) and urban (Dakar) Senegalese populations aged 50 and over. The survey was conducted on individuals aged 50 and older living in the rural area (N=478) and in the urban area (N=220). We have collected data about age, gender, marital status, education level, and knowledge, treatment of hypertension, height, weight and blood pressure. We have observed that overweight and obesity were more prevalent in the urban area (Dakar) than in the rural one (Ferlo). The risk of overweight or obesity decreased when age increased, and women had weight problems more often than men. The prevalence of arterial hypertension was lower in rural area (55.86%) than in Dakar (66.36%), but increased at an older age. However, the logistic regression showed that these increased proportion of hypertension in Dakar is linked to the more important proportion of overweight and obese people in this area. Moreover, rates of knowledge, treatment and control of hypertension are particularly low in the rural area of Senegal. In conclusion, age-associated diseases should be better managed in Senegal, particularly in rural areas.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de médecine secteur Nord, UMR 7268 ADES, CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université/EFS, Boulevard Pierre Dramard, Marseille, France. prisciduboz@yahoo.fr.|Observatoire hommes-milieux international Téssékéré, Dakar, Sénégal. prisciduboz@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Duboz
authors.affiliation: Unité mixe internationale 3189, environnement, santé, sociétés, CNRS-CNRST-USTTB-UCAD-UGB, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculté de médecine, BP 5005, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Touré
authors.affiliation: Unité mixe internationale 3189, environnement, santé, sociétés, CNRS-CNRST-USTTB-UCAD-UGB, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculté de médecine, BP 5005, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hane
authors.affiliation: Unité mixe internationale 3189, environnement, santé, sociétés, CNRS-CNRST-USTTB-UCAD-UGB, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculté de médecine, BP 5005, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Macia
authors.affiliation: Unité mixe internationale 3189, environnement, santé, sociétés, CNRS-CNRST-USTTB-UCAD-UGB, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculté de médecine, BP 5005, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coumé
authors.affiliation: Unité mixe internationale 3189, environnement, santé, sociétés, CNRS-CNRST-USTTB-UCAD-UGB, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculté de médecine, BP 5005, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bâ
authors.affiliation: Observatoire hommes-milieux international Téssékéré, Dakar, Sénégal.|Unité mixe internationale 3189, environnement, santé, sociétés, CNRS-CNRST-USTTB-UCAD-UGB, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculté de médecine, BP 5005, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boëtsch
authors.affiliation: Unité mixe internationale 3189, environnement, santé, sociétés, CNRS-CNRST-USTTB-UCAD-UGB, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculté de médecine, BP 5005, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guèye
authors.affiliation: Unité mixe internationale 3189, environnement, santé, sociétés, CNRS-CNRST-USTTB-UCAD-UGB, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculté de médecine, BP 5005, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chapuis-Lucciani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Arterial hypertension; Biological ageing; Biological anthropology; Dakar; Ferlo; Kaadar; Labgar; Loumboul Djiby; Mbar Toubab; Obesity; Pikine; Rural-urban; Senegal; Sub-Saharan Africa; Syer; Téssékéré; Widou-Thiengoly