8 research outputs found
Risk factors of hypertension among adults aged 35–64 years living in an urban slum Nairobi, Kenya
Population-based survey of overweight and obesity and the associated factors in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda
Benchmarking food environment policies for the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Kenya: National expert panel’s assessment and priority recommendations
Examining the connection between residential histories and obesity among Ghanaians: evidence from a national survey
Individual and household level factors associated with presence of multiple non-communicable disease risk factors in Kenyan adults
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), are increasing globally, causing about 60% of disability-adjusted life years and 39.8 million deaths in 2015. Risk factors often cluster and interact multiplicatively in an individual and this is strongly associated with the development and severity of NCDs. We assessed the sociodemographic factors associated with the presence of multiple NCD risk factors among individuals aged 18Â years and older in the Kenyan population