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Overview of hypertension in Saudi Arabia

A systematic review and meta-analysis

Sulaiman A. Alshammari, Abdullah S. Alshammari, Hotoon S. Alshammari and Shaik S. Ahamed
Saudi Medical Journal October 2023, 44 (10) 951-964; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.10.20230178
Sulaiman A. Alshammari
From the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Alshammari S), College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; from the Psychiatric Department (Alshammari A), Eradah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Riyadh; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Alshammari H), King Saud University Medical City; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine, Almaarefa University, Riyadh; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Ahamed), College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah S. Alshammari
From the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Alshammari S), College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; from the Psychiatric Department (Alshammari A), Eradah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Riyadh; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Alshammari H), King Saud University Medical City; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine, Almaarefa University, Riyadh; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Ahamed), College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hotoon S. Alshammari
From the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Alshammari S), College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; from the Psychiatric Department (Alshammari A), Eradah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Riyadh; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Alshammari H), King Saud University Medical City; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine, Almaarefa University, Riyadh; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Ahamed), College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Shaik S. Ahamed
From the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Alshammari S), College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; from the Psychiatric Department (Alshammari A), Eradah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Riyadh; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Alshammari H), King Saud University Medical City; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine, Almaarefa University, Riyadh; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Ahamed), College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 44 no. 10 951-964
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.10.20230178
PubMed 
37777271

Published By 
Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received July 25, 2023
  • Accepted March 26, 2023
  • Published online September 30, 2023.

Copyright & Usage 
Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Sulaiman A. Alshammari, MSc, FRCGP⇑,
  2. Abdullah S. Alshammari, MBBS,
  3. Hotoon S. Alshammari, MBBS and
  4. Shaik S. Ahamed, PhD
  1. From the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Alshammari S), College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; from the Psychiatric Department (Alshammari A), Eradah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Riyadh; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Alshammari H), King Saud University Medical City; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine, Almaarefa University, Riyadh; from the Department of Family & Community Medicine (Ahamed), College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Prof. Sulaiman A. Alshammari, consultant family physician, Family and Community Medicine Department, College of medicine and King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Department, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: amsahsa{at}gmail.com
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