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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies and prevalence of suboptimal blood pressure in individual studies

From: Suboptimal blood pressure control and its associated factors among people living with diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S. no

Author

Publication year

Country

Sample size

BP cut point used

Prevalence of suboptimal BP control

Quality score

1

N. S. Levitt et al. [42]

1997

South Africa

300

140/90

61.5

2 (low risk)

2

E. O. Okoro et al. [56]

2004

Nigeria

115

140/90

89

3 (low risk)

3

Simeon Pierre et al. [24]

2007

Cameroon

210

130/80

89.8

2 (low risk)

4

A. M. Klisiewicz et al. [41]

2009

South Africa

150

130/80

82

2 (low risk)

5

Anakwue R.C. et al. [55]

2012

Nigeria

420

130/80

88

0 (low risk)

6

Mwita J.C. et al. [53]

2012

Tanzania

150

130/80

66

2 (low risk)

7

Y. Pinchevsky et al. [43]

2013

South Africa

666

130/80

54.2

0 (low risk)

8

B. W. NDEGE et al. [51]

2014

Kenya

218

130/80

79

2 (low risk)

9

Kibirige et al. [57]

2014

Uganda

250

140/80

44

2 (low risk)

10

Hailu Abera et al. [46]

2016

Ethiopia

382

140/90

85

2 (low risk)

11

Oladele Vincent A. et al. [45]

2016

South Africa

265

140/90

75.5

3 (low risk)

12

Yacob Pinchevsky et al. [44]

2016

South Africa

261

140/80

58

3 (low risk)

13

Hailu A. et al. [48]

2017

Ethiopia

484

140/80

63.6

1 (low risk)

14

Mercy W. Kimando1 [61]

2017

Kenya

385

140/90

76.6

2 (low risk)

15

Semvua B1. Kilonzo et al. [54]

2017

Tanzania

295

130/80

84.5

2 (low risk)

16

Sintayehu Muleta et al. [10]

2017

Ethiopia

131

140/90

56.5

3 (low risk)

17

James Osei-Yeboah et al. [60]

2018

Ghana

150

140/90

41.33

3 (low risk)

18

Tariku Shimels et al. [49]

2018

Ethiopia

361

140/90

80.6

2 (low risk)

19

Emmanuel M. Mwengi et al. [52]

2019

Kenya

237

140/90

69.2

2 (low risk)

20

Julius Chacha Mwita et al. [58]

2019

Botswana

500

140/90

45.8

1 (low risk)

21

Akalu et al. [47]

2020

Ethiopia

378

140/90

74.4

2 (low risk)