CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • SAHS Biennial Congress 16-18 September 2022 41 AFRICA Authors Name & Surname Title Expertise Affiliation Email Country Bridget Vermeulen Dr Blood pressure, Hypertension University of the Witwatersrand bridget.vermeulen@wits.ac.za South Africa David Flood Dr Global health, NCDs University of Michigan daflood@gmail.com USA Luisa CC Brant Dr Cardiovascular health, Cardiology Universidade Federal de Minas luisabrant@gmail.com Brazil Shweta Khandelwal Dr Nutrition epidemiology Public Health Foundation of India shweta.khandelwal@phfi.org India Innocent Maposa Dr Biostatistician, Epidemiology University of the Witwatersrand innocent.maposa@wits.ac.za South Africa Norrina B Allen Dr Cardiovascular epidemiology Northwestern University norrina-allen@northwestern.edu USA Darwin R Labarthe Prof Cardiovascular epidemiology Northwestern University darwin.labarthe@gmail.com USA Lisa Ware Prof Hypertension, NCDs University of the Witwatersrand lisa.ware@wits.ac.za South Africa Submission ID: 1397 continued ORAL PRESENTATION Results The number of participants included in this secondary data analysis are as follow: Bangladesh – n=8144 (18-69 years, 50.9% male); Ethiopia – n=8010 (18-69 years, 55.6% male); US – n=10220 (18-80 years, 48.5% male); England – n=4847 (18-90 years, 47.9% male), and Brazil – n=8856 (18-104 years, 47.5 % male). The weighted prevalence of hypertension was 19% in Ethiopia, in comparison to 36% in the US, with other LMICs presenting between these two countries. Further presentation of other CVH metrics will be given at the congress. Conclusion The prevalence of hypertension in LMICs is growing fast and intensive efforts are urgently needed to combat this emerging hypertension burden. Shifting the focus globally from disease detection to the promotion and maintenance of ideal cardiovascular health across the life course would support such efforts and relieve stress on already overburdened LMIC healthcare systems. Global guidelines for the collection, interpretation and harmonisation of the cardiovascular health metrics required to monitor ideal CVH support this move.
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