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“We don’t care because we are not sick”: Understanding youths perceptions of hypertension in urban South Africa

2025-05-05

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold> The growing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is largely driven by hypertension, with risk factors including poor diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use, psychological stress, and limited healthcare access. Early-life exposure to these risks contributes to adverse biological markers that increase hypertension susceptibility in adu...

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-6333489/v1
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