Ghannem, H. Fredj, A. Hadj 1997 To illustrate the distribution of hypertension in the community, an epidemiological survey was conducted based on a representative sample of 957 adults aged 20 years resident in Soussa, Tunisia in 1995. The prevalence of hypertension according to the new World Health Organization criteria systolic blood pressure 140 mmHg and or diastolic blood pressure 90 mmHg was 28.9 . Hypertension was significantly higher in cases with obesity, android obesity and for persons aged 40 years. History of diabetes was found in 10.2 of cases, obesity in ...