[Prevalence of XXXX in Guinean rural areas].

@entity1 @entity101 @entity13519 @entity13520 @entity27634
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and awareness of @entity27634 in Guinean rural populations with respect to age and gender. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional survey in rural Guinea: K  p  r  -D  fili (400 inhabitants) and T  b  l  n (900 inhabitants). @entity1 : 188 subjects (81 in K  p  r  -D  fili and 107 in T  b  l  n), 15 years and older were visited in their homes between November 2000 and April 2001. METHODS: The blood pressures were measured with an electronic tensiometer "Philips HF305". Awareness of @entity27634 and risk factors were determined by interviews. @entity27634 was defined as mean @entity13519 / @entity13520 = 140/90 mmHg. RESULTS: Overall, 69% (56/81) in K  p  r  -D  fili and 27% (29/107) in T  b  l  n were @entity101 . Among these, only 2 (K  p  r  ) and 6 @entity1 (T  b  l  n) were aware of their condition. @entity27634 was strongly gender dependent in K  p  r   where 98% (44/45) of the males were concerned. In K  p  r  -D  fili, the combined systolo-diastolic @entity101 (SDH) was predominant (80%; 45/56) and was associated to the male gender (80%; 36/45). In the @entity101 population of T  b  l  n, the isolated PAD (DH) was mainly associated with the female group (47%, 8/17). The grade III @entity27634 (PAS/PAD > or = 180/110 mmHg) concerned both gender (41%, 18/44 for males; 42%, 5/12 for females) in K  p  r  -D  fili and mainly the female group in T  b  l  n (29%, 5/17). Smoking was the most frequently associated risk factor in the studied population of K  p  r  -D  fili (70%) and T  b  l  n (45%). The smokers were predominantly female in K  p  r  -D  fili (89%, 32/36) or male in T  b  l  n (51%, 24/47). Among the smokers, the @entity101 individuals were 96% (24/25) of the males and 38% (12/32) of the females in K  p  r  , 29% (7/24) of the males and 38% (9/24) of the females in T  b  l  n. CONCLUSION: @entity101 is highly prevalent in two Guinean rural localities where less than 5% of the studied population were aware of their conditions, suggesting the nationwide demand for preventing and controlling @entity27634 in Guinea.
