title: Profile of people with hypertension in Nairobi's slums: a descriptive study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a rising health burden among the world's poor with hypertension as the main risk factor. In sub-Saharan Africa, hypertension is increasingly affecting the urban population of which a substantial part lives in slums. This study aims to give insight into the profile of patients with hypertension living in slums of Nairobi, Kenya.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sociodemographic and anthropometric data as well as clinical measurements including BP from 440 adults with hypertension aged 35 years and above living in Korogocho, a slum on the eastern side of Nairobi, Kenya, will be collected at baseline and at the first clinic visit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study population showed high prevalence of overweight and abdominal obesity as well as behavioral risk factors such as smoking, alcohol and a low vegetable and fruit intake. Furthermore, the majority of hypertensive patients do not take anti-hypertensive medication and the ones who do show little adherence.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Current controlled trials ISRCTN84424579 .
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, Ameland 195 3524 AN, Utrecht, Netherlands. anneliekehulzebosch@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Annelieke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hulzebosch
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Nairobi, Kenya. svijver@gmail.com.|African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya. svijver@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van de Vijver
authors.affiliation: African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya. tegondi@aphrc.org.
authors.forename: Samuel O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Oti
authors.affiliation: African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya. soti@aphrc.org.
authors.forename: Thaddaeus
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Egondi
authors.affiliation: African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya. ckyobutungi@aphrc.org.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kyobutungi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011204:Poverty Areas; D014505:Urban Population