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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study sample and sex-specific prevalence of hypertension in included primary articles

From: Determinants of systemic hypertension in older adults in Africa: a systematic review

Primary Reference

Country

Study year

Type of participants

% Participation rate of eligible sample

% Female

% urban

% aged 70+ years

Mean age ± sd

% currently married

% no education

Number whose hypertension status assessed

% males with hypertension

% females with hypertension

% total subjects with hypertension

Overall risk of study bias

Abegunde 2013 [24]

Nigeria

 

adults aged ≥60 years

98.4

61.1

50.2

57.9

72.2 ± 9.5 (urban), 70.8 ± 8.1 (rural)

63.0

93.8

600

  

36.5

Low

Dewhurst 2013 [25]

Tanzania

2010

Rural cohort aged ≥70 years (DSS)

93.5

56.3

0.0

100.0

   

2223

62.2

75.8

69.9

Low

Guerchet 2012A [17]

CAR

2009

adults aged ≥65 years

96.3

58.1

100.0

59.9

72.6 ± 6.1

41.6

 

461

47.2

62.7

56.2

Low

Guerchet 2012B [17]

Congo

2009

adults aged ≥65 years

96.3

61.9

100.0

72.0

74.4 ± 6.7

38.1

 

515

66.3

76.2

72.4

Low

Hammami 2011 [26]

Tunisia

2009

Elderly aged ≥65 years

100

66.2

86.3

62.0

72.3 ± 7.4

60.0

76.9

598

45.0

55.6

52.0

Low

Hien 2014 [27]

Burkina Faso

2012

Elderly aged ≥60 years

100

44.7

100.0

39.3

69 ± 7

58.7

54.1

389

79.1

86.2

82.3

Low

Iribhogbe 2013 [28]

Nigeria

2012

church attendants aged ≥50 years

100.0

50.0

 

23.5

67.55 ± 16.61

  

200

58.0

35.0

46.5

High

Koopman 2012 [29]

Ghana

2010

registered inhabitants ≥50 years

85.4

48.1

 

35.3

   

924

25.6

22.5

24.1

Low

Macia 2012 [30]

Senegal

2009

adults aged ≥50 years

NR

47.4

100.0

19.2

 

74.4

45.6

500

63.9

67.1

65.4

Moderate

Mathenge 2010 [31]

Kenya

2008

adults aged ≥50 years

87.7

52.3

32.7

26.4

  

33.1

4396

  

50.1

Low

Minicuci 2014 [22]

Ghana

2008

adults aged ≥50 years

95.9

50.3

40.6

32.5

 

59.8

54.0

4724

51.5

50.7

51.1

Low

Mkhize 2011 [32]

South Africa

2008

elderly persons aged ≥60 years

 

83.0

     

270

82.6

91.5

90.0

Low

Mugisha 2013 [33]

Uganda

2013

rural adults aged ≥50 years

72.3

58.2

0.0

27.7

median 62

48.5

28.0

1449

36.5

38.3

37.5

Moderate

Nuertey 2017 [34]

Ghana

2014

registered members of the national pensioners association

93.0

31.4

 

28.5

 

73.0

12.1

4439

  

47.8

High

Osman 2017 [35]

Ghana

2016

free-living adults aged ≥65 years

100.0

66.3

   

46.0

51.0

400

57.8

52.5

54.3

High

Peltzer 2013 [23]

South Africa

2008

adults aged ≥50 years

60

57.3

66.7

23.8

 

53.3

25.4

3672

74.4

79.6

77.4

Moderate

Pilleron 2017A [36]

CAR

2012

adults aged ≥65 years

94.7

62.2

51.5

60.4

72.7 ± 6.4

34.3

 

967

  

53.7

Low

Pilleron 2017B [36]

Congo

2012

adults aged ≥65 years

94.7

60.9

48.7

66.8

73.5 ± 6.7

38.8

 

1023

  

68.0

Low

Raji 2017 [37]

Nigeria

2007

elderly cohort aged ≥65 years

76.8

55.1

37.4

79.0

76.9 ± 8.4

55.7

44.8

1469

62.0

70.7

66.8

Moderate

Scholten 2011 [38]

Uganda

2010

adults aged ≥50 years

> 99%

61.2

 

34.9

 

32.4

24.0

510

30.3

34.6

32.9

Low

Tianyi 2017 [39]

Cameroon

2013

rural adults aged ≥50 years

 

68.9

0.0

24.2

62.7 ± 9

89.4

82.0

501

60.9

55.7

57.3

Low

  1. CAR Central African Republic