Prevalence of Hypertension in a University Community in South West Nigeria
Afr. j. biomed. res
; 8(1): 15-19, 2005. ilus
Article
in English
| AIM (Africa)
| ID: biblio-1256795
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ABSTRACT
A worksite study of hypertension prevalence was carried out in a university community in Southwestern Nigeria. Overall crude prevalence was 21% in the respondent population. About 16% of these were already on treatment with medicines. The study established no significant (p>0.05) relationship between coffee consumption and hypertension.Prevalence was 32% in subjects with over 3 children, while among subjects witheye problem, diabetics and those who took local kola nutsand it was 18.6%, 1.9% and 7.4%, respectively. There is need for increased awareness of the disease and other cardiovascular risk factors within the populace and to encourage the possession or provision of self-measurement blood pressure devices
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Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Target 3.4: Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
Database:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Health Education
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Prevalence
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Hypertension
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Nigeria
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Afr. j. biomed. res
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article