Measuring Hypertension Progression With Transition Probabilities: Estimates From the WHO SAGE Longitudinal Study
- Boateng, GO
- Lartey, ST
- Baiden, P
- Si, L
- Biritwum, RB
- Kowal, P
- Magnussen, CG
- Ben Taleb, Z
- Palmer, AJ
- Luginaah, I
DOIAbstract
This paper assessed the transition probabilities between the stages of hypertension severity and the length of time an individual might spend at a particular disease state using the new American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association hypertension blood pressure guidelines. Data for this study were drawn from the Ghana WHO SAGE longitudinal study, with an analytical sample of 1884 across two waves. Using a multistate Markov model, we estimated a seven-year transition probability between normal/elevated blood pressure (systolic ≤ 129 mm Hg & diastolic <80 mm Hg), stage 1 (systolic 130-139 mm Hg & diastolic 80-89 mm Hg), and stage 2 (systolic ≥140mm Hg & diastolic≥90 mm Hg) hypertension and adjusted for the individual effects of anth...
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