Prevalence and correlates of hypertension-outcome of a free medical screening in Oke-Ogun area of Oyo state, Nigeria, West Africa
| Autor: | Louis O. Odeigah, Shittu Ro, Yusuf Musah, Folorunsho M. Adeyemi, Biliaminu A. Sikiru, Sule Ag, Kasali O. Fakorede |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Overweight medicine.disease Logistic regression 03 medical and health sciences Malnutrition 0302 clinical medicine Blood pressure Internal Medicine medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Prediabetes Underweight medicine.symptom Family history Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 12:268-274 |
| ISSN: | 1933-1711 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jash.2018.01.009 |
| Popis: | Literature abounds on prevalence of hypertension in Nigeria and urban areas of Oyo state but none in Oke-Ogun geopolitical zone, which constitutes 10 local governments of the 33 in Oyo state, despite the fact that they have high genetic and environmental predisposition to developing high blood pressure. The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of high blood pressure and associated risk factors among indigenes of Oke-ogun, Oyo state. A total of 10,000 respondents were recruited using proportionate sampling techniques. Hypertension was defined according to Joint National Committee-8 criteria. The fasting plasma glucose of the respondents were classified as normal (≤6 mmol/L), prediabetes (6.1-6.9 mmol/L), and diabetes (≥7 mmol/L). Body mass index was calculated as weight (kg)/height (m2) and classified as malnutrition/underweight ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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