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Hypertension incidence among middle-aged and older adults: findings from a 5-year prospective study in rural South Africa, 2010–2015

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  • Brian Houle School of Demography, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Thomas A Gaziano Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USAHarvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nicole Angotti MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Sociology, American University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sanyu A Mojola MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Sociology, School of Public and International Affairs, and Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chodziwadziwa W Kabudula MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stephen M Tollman MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaINDEPTH Network, Accra, GhanaCentre for Global Health Research, Umea University, Umea, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • F Xavier Gómez-Olivé MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaINDEPTH Network, Accra, GhanaCenter for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Brian Houle; brian.houle{at}anu.edu.au
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Houle B, Gaziano TA, Angotti N, et al
Hypertension incidence among middle-aged and older adults: findings from a 5-year prospective study in rural South Africa, 2010–2015
BMJ Open 2021;11:e049621. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049621

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  • Received February 9, 2021
  • Accepted November 12, 2021
  • First published December 7, 2021.
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December 07, 2021
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