Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease as a Marker of Hypertension Target Organ Damage in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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"The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [, ] was used to present this study. This study was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews, PROSPERO, with registration number CRD42018089263. Ethics approval was not required for this study. Conclusion: This study reports a high prevalence of CKD related to hypertension with a higher prevalence in urban than rural areas. This emphasizes the role of hypertension in causing kidney damage, and the need for strategies to improve awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Africans. This study is registered with PROSPERO registration number CRD42018089263."