Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study |
| Authors: |
Vusumuzi Nkosi, Joyce Shirinde, Funzani Rathogwa-Takalani, Kuku Voyi |
| Source: |
Public Health in Practice, Vol 2, Iss , Pp 100146- (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
Elsevier, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
High blood pressure, Elderly, Mine dumps, South Africa, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
Objective: To investigate whether high blood pressure was associated with living close to a mine dump among the elderly in South Africa. Study design: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among the elderly in communities 1–2 km (exposed) and 5 km or more (unexposed), from five pre-selected mine dumps in Gauteng and North West provinces of South Africa. Methods: Structured interviews were conducted with 2397 elderly, using a previously validated ATS-DLD-78 questionnaire from the British Medical Research Council. Results: The prevalence of high blood pressure was 57.51% in the exposed and 46.66% in the unexposed communities, respectively. Results from the multiple logistic regression analysis showed that having high blood pressure was significantly associated with living in exposed communities (AOR = 3.04, 95% CI: 2.41–3.83, P |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2666-5352 |
| Relation: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000719; https://doaj.org/toc/2666-5352 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100146 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/6d2eaf00d6674e339da34583496fb070 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.6d2eaf00d6674e339da34583496fb070 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
