aDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
bCenter for Health Decision Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston
cHarvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
dMedical Research Council/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
eINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana
fAfrica Wits-INDEPTH Genomic Studies of Cardiovascular Disease, University of the Witwatersrand; Division of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine
gUmea Centre for Global Health Research, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
hSchool of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
iDepartment of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
jAfrica Health Research Institute (AHRI), Mtubatuba, South Africa
kInstitute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Correspondence to Thiago Veiga Jardim, MD, PhD, Hypertension League - Federal University of Goias. 1a Avenida, S/N. - Setor Universitário, Goiânia, GO, Brazil, CEP 74085-300. E-mail: [email protected]
Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HAALSI, Health and Aging in Africa Longitudinal Studies of INDEPTH Communities; HDSS, Health and socio-Demographic Surveillance System; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; RBG, random blood glucose; SES, socioeconomic status; SSA, sub-Saharan Africa
Received 19 January, 2017
Accepted 27 January, 2017
