Fred Stephen Sarfo, Osahon Jeffery Asowata, Onoja Matthew Akpa, Joshua Akinyemi, Kolawole Wahab, Arti Singh, Albert Akpalu, Priscilla Abrafi Opare-Addo, Akinkunmi Paul Okekunle, Godwin Ogbole, Adekunle Fakunle, Oladimeji Adebayo, Reginald Obiako, Cynthia Akisanya, Morenkeji Komolafe, Taiwo Olunuga, Innocent I Chukwuonye, Godwin Osaigbovo, Paul Olowoyo, Phillip B Adebayo, Carolyn Jenkins, Abiodun Bello, Ruth Laryea, Phillip Ibinaye, Olatundun Olalusi, Sunday Adeniyi, Oyedunni Arulogun, Okechukwu Ogah, Abiodun Adeoye, Dialla Samuel, Benedit Calys-Tagoe, Hemant Tiwari, Onyemelukwe Obiageli, Yaw Mensah, Lambert Appiah, Rufus Akinyemi, Bruce Ovbiagele, Mayowa Owolabi
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is preeminent among the vascular risk factors for stroke occurrence. The wide gaps in awareness, detection, treatment, and control rates of hypertension are fueling an epidemic of stroke in sub-Saharan Africa. PURPOSE: To quantify the contribution of untreated, treated but uncontrolled, and controlled hypertension to stroke occurrence in Ghana and Nigeria. METHODS: The Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network (SIREN) is a case-control study across 16 study sites in Ghana and Nigeria...
March 17, 2024: Journal of the Neurological Sciences