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. 1979;57(1):81–87.

The Mamprobi Survey—a screening survey for cardiovascular disease and risk factors in Africa: methodology and validity*

D Pole, AC Ikeme, J O M Pobee, E Larbi, H Williams, J Blankson
PMCID: PMC2395756  PMID: 311714

Abstract

The Mamprobi Survey is a cardiovascular disease prevalence sample survey in an African community in Ghana. This preliminary paper describes its methodology and validity. Response rate corrected for migration from the area was 73%. Subsequent sampling of non-respondents revealed only trivial reasons for non-attendance and only minor differences in health status, suggesting that estimates of disease prevalence by the survey were likely to be accurate.

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