Prevalence and risk factors of arterial hypertension among urban Africans in workplace: the obsolete role of body mass index.

Background: Studies on the prevalence of hypertension among Africans in workplace did not deal with risk factors of hypertension. Thus there is a need to screen urban central Africans at workplace for environmental risk factors of hypertension.

Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted at the Kinshasa National Company of Electricity.