Its exact causes are unknown but genetic mutation, increased sodium intake, decreased physical activity, and obesity contribute to its progression. Hypertension is a common health condition that has become an issue in the modern world it is part of the metabolic syndrome and a multifactorial condition in which an individual is diagnosed with systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and/ or a diastolic pressure ≥90 mmHg. Nahla Afifi, Director, Qatar Biobank (contact via Tel: +97444548358, or via email: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. We are bound by Qatar Biobank Institutional Review Board approval number Ex-2018-RES-ACC-0119-0061 and data and material transfer agreement to not further transfer data without the provider’s prior written consent. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.ĭata Availability: The dataset generated for this study is available on request to the Qatar Biobank Study data management team. Received: ApAccepted: SeptemPublished: October 16, 2020Ĭopyright: © 2020 AlKaabi et al. PLoS ONE 15(10):Įditor: Tatsuo Shimosawa, International University of Health and Welfare, School of Medicine, JAPAN Citation: AlKaabi LA, Ahmed LS, Al Attiyah MF, Abdel-Rahman ME (2020) Predicting hypertension using machine learning: Findings from Qatar Biobank Study.
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