Socioeconomic position and hypertension: a study of urban civil servants in Ghana

Juliet Addo (1) , Liam Smeeth (1) , David A Leon (1)

1 LSHTM - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

The association of socioeconomic position and cardiovascular disease risk factors in low and middle income countries has not been as consistent as that reported from the high income countries.

Mots clés: HYPERTENSION DI; Ghana; civil servants; hypertension; socioeconomic position

Juliet Addo, Liam Smeeth, David A Leon. Socioeconomic position and hypertension: a study of urban civil servants in Ghana. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2009, 63 (8), pp.646-n/a. ⟨10.1136/jech.2008.081828⟩. ⟨hal-00477882⟩