@article {doi:10.1111/jgs.15567,
	title = {Cardiovascular Disease Profile of the Oldest Adults in Rural South Africa: Data from the HAALSI Study (Health and Aging in Africa: Longitudinal Studies of INDEPTH Communities)},
	journal = {Journal of the American Geriatrics Society},
	year = {2018},
	abstract = {{Objectives To characterize the cardiovascular disease (CVD) profile of individuals aged 80 and older in rural South Africa. Design First wave of population-based longitudinal cohort. Setting Agincourt subdistrict (Mpumalanga Province) in rural South Africa. Participants Adults residents (N = 5,059). Measurements In-person interviews were conducted to obtain social, behavioral, economic, and clinical data. Prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, high waist-to-hip ratio, overweight and obesity, high-risk high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, smoking, stroke, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, and heart failure in individuals younger than 65, aged 65 to 79, and aged 80 and older were compared. Associations between self-reported treatments and determinants of hypertension treatment in those aged 80 and older were assessed using multivariable regression. Results Of 5,059 individuals included, 549 (10.8\%) were aged 80 and older, and their CVD prevalence was 17.9\% (stroke 3.8\%, myocardial infarction 0.5\%, angina pectoris 13.5\%, heart failure 0.7\%). Hypertension prevalence in this group was 73.8\%, and along with angina pectoris, it increased with age (p\&lt;.001), whereas overweight and obesity (46.4\%), dyslipidemia (39.1\%), and smoking prevalences (3.1\%) decreased (p\&lt;.001). Hypertension treatment was significantly associated with being aged 80 and older (odds ratio (OR)=1.48; 95\% confidence interval (CI)=1.14{\textendash}1.92},
	keywords = {cardiovascular disease, Cohort Studies, Hypertension, sub-Saharan Africa},
	doi = {10.1111/jgs.15567},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jgs.15567},
	author = {Jardim, Thiago Veiga and Witham, Miles D. and Abrahams-Gessel, Shafika and G{\'o}mez-Oliv{\'e}, F. Xavier and Tollman, Stephen and Berkman, Lisa and Gaziano, Thomas A.}
}
