34% of Ghanaian adults hypertensive, most unaware – Cardiologist

File photo of a person checking his blood pressure Research estimates that about 34 per cent of adults in Ghana are living with hypertension, meaning roughly three to four out of every 10 adults could have high blood pressure, a cardiologist at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Albert Agbi, has disclosed.

Research puts the Ghana prevalence around 34 percent, which means that about three to four adults out of ten are hypertensive, and most of them don’t know because if you have hypertension, there are no symptoms; the first symptoms are the complications,” he said.

He explained that hypertension often develops without noticeable symptoms, with complications such as stroke sometimes becoming the first indication that a person has been living with high blood pressure.