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Prevalence and Correlates of Hypertension Among the Ibibio/Annangs, Efiks and Obolos : A Cross Sectional Community Survey in Rural South-South Nigeria
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research-article
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Source
Ethnicity & Disease, 2012 Jul 01. 22(3), 335-339.
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Language
English
ISSN
1049510X
Abstract
The objective of the study was to assess the public health burden of hypertension in the rural communities in southeastern Nigeria (Niger Delta region of Nigeria).
The study was a cross-sectional study in three rural communities in the Cross River and Akwa Ibom States of Nigeria. Demographic, anthropometric information, prior history of hypertension or stroke in each participant or their parents was obtained with a questionnaire. Height, weight, systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of respondents were measured by standard methods, and body mass index calculated.
The N of respondents was 3869; 1608 (41.6%) males, 2261 (58.4%) females; 1120 (29.0%) Efiks, 1877 (48.5%) Ibibio/Annangs, and 872 (22.5%) Obolos. Mean SBP and DBP were significantly higher in males than in females ( P P P =.66).
Hypertension is already a major public health burden in rural communities of these two states, despite a very low incidence of obesity and cigarette smoking.
The study was a cross-sectional study in three rural communities in the Cross River and Akwa Ibom States of Nigeria. Demographic, anthropometric information, prior history of hypertension or stroke in each participant or their parents was obtained with a questionnaire. Height, weight, systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of respondents were measured by standard methods, and body mass index calculated.
The N of respondents was 3869; 1608 (41.6%) males, 2261 (58.4%) females; 1120 (29.0%) Efiks, 1877 (48.5%) Ibibio/Annangs, and 872 (22.5%) Obolos. Mean SBP and DBP were significantly higher in males than in females ( P P P =.66).
Hypertension is already a major public health burden in rural communities of these two states, despite a very low incidence of obesity and cigarette smoking.