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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: HYPERTENSION
2011 Double trouble for couch potatoes: high blood pressure in a rural population in South Africa
Africa is faced with an increasing burden of hypertension, but a paucity of population-based evidence hinders effective preventive and contr...
Download this report1979 Prevalence of multimorbidity of cardiometabolic conditions and associated risk factors in a population-based sample of South Africans: A cross-sectional study
Ageing populations have led to a growing prevalence of multimorbidity. Cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CM), the co-existence of two or more ...
1964 Race, geographical location and other risk factors for hypertension: South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011/12
Hypertension is the leading cardiovascular disease in Africa. It is increasing in prevalence due partly to the epidemiological transition th...