Questioning a South African hypertension threshold of 150 mm Hg – Authors' reply

• Nikkil Sudharsanan,
• Alpha Oumar Diallo,
• Mohammed K Ali,
• Pascal Geldsetzer,
• Emily W Gower,
• Trasias Mukama,
• Ryan G Wagner,
• Justine Davies,
• Maarten J Bijlsma

Affiliations

Nikkil Sudharsanan

Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Alpha Oumar Diallo

Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Mohammed K Ali

Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, and Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Pascal Geldsetzer

Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Emily W Gower

Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Trasias Mukama

Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Ryan G Wagner

MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Justine Davies

MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; Centre for Global Surgery, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South AfricA

Maarten J Bijlsma

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany; Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, Unit Pharmacotherapy, Epidemiology & Economics, University of Groningen, the Netherlands