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- Title
Efficacy of a church-based lifestyle intervention programme to control high normal blood pressure and/or high normal blood glucose in church members: a randomized controlled trial in Pretoria, South Africa.
- Authors
Pengpid, Supa; Peltzer, Karl; Skaal, Linda
- Abstract
In persons 15 years and above in South Africa the prevalence of pre-diabetes and diabetes has been estimated at 9.1% and 9.6%, respectively, and the prevalence of systolic prehypertension and hypertension, 38.2% and 24.6%, respectively. Elevated blood glucose and elevated blood pressure are prototype of preventable chronic cardiovascular disease risk factors.Lifestyle interventions have been shown to control high normal blood pressure and/or high normal blood glucose.
- Publication
BMC public health, 2014, Vol 14, p568
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-14-568