Aims: To validate Sinhala version of HLS-EU-Q16 and asses the relationship between level of health literacy and control of blood sugar among diabetics and blood pressure among hypertensives. Study Design: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of Sinhala translation of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i330188
Background: Hypertension is a preventable cause of premature death worldwide. Data from the Egyptian National Hypertension Project (NHP) revealed that hypertension is a significant problem among Egyptians. We studied the prevalence of hypertension, related risk factors and its co...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v17i130154
High blood pressure is a diet related disease with high incidence of morbidity and mortality. Identification of its diet risk factors will inform intervention for its control. The thrust of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension among adult traders in Port Har...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/37430
Aims: The study was conducted between March 2015 and June 2017 to determine the prevalence of cardiometabolic risks in adult men from Dschang Health District in Cameroon. Methodology: After obtaining the ethical clearance, a simplified questionnaire was used for 254 volunteer par...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/39781
William K. B. A. Owiredu, James Osei-Yeboah, Christiana Aryee, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Edwin F. Laing & Isaac K. Owusu·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2018
Despite the extensive use of anthropometric indices in the risk prediction of hypertension, there is lack of consensus on the type and the optimal threshold to be used. This current work evaluates the optimal threshold points, discriminative power and comparative performance as d...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37772
Ayokunle S. Dada, Daisi D. Ajayi, Emmanuel E. Eyitayo, Julius G. Olaogun, Mojeed O. Rafiu & Olusegun E. Gabriel·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Background: Individuals with metabolic syndrome are at increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease. Objective: There is limited information on the relationship between metabolic syndrome and CKD among Nigerian population. Data from few available studies are contradictory....
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37606
Background: Diabetes is the most common non-communicable disease. Currently Diabetes Mellitus (DM) affects 240 million people worldwide. Pakistan belongs to high prevalence area having 6.9 million diabetics. Diabetes mellitus is 4th leading cause of death in most developed countr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/35857
Jean-de-Dieu Tamokou, Yvette Alvine Tonleu Guimtsop, Martin Ernest Ndebi, Vanessa Linda Nzesseu, Arsène Kamamo Djokge & Jules-Roger Kuiate·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Aims: Growing evidence suggests that certain extragastric diseases were associated with Helicobacter pylori infection. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of H. pylori Ig G antibody and risk factors among hypertensive patients at Dschang District Hospital in Cameroon...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36249
Diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension are diseases reported to be the first and second leading cause of all deaths in both developed and developing countries, including Libya. Increasing age, the presence of obesity, and worsening renal function all contribute to an increased l...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/35830