Association of body weight and physical activity with blood pressure in a rural population in the Dikgale village of Limpopo Province in South Africa

Background Africa is faced with an increasing burden of hypertension attributed mainly to physical inactivity and obesity. Paucity of population based evidence in the African continent hinders the implementation effective preventive and control strategies. The aim of this study was to determine the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC Research Notes 2012, Vol.5, p.118
Hauptverfasser:	Mkhonto, Seth S, Labadarios, Demetre, Mabaso, Musawenkosi LH
Format:	Report
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis Blood pressure Body weight Exercise Measurement
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