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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Nigeria: Data from a Nationwide Survey 2017.
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- Prevalence of hypertension among adults in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based studies.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Overview of hypertension in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Saudi medical journal · 2023Pooled it
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- Prevalence and Determinants of Abnormal Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Circadian Patterns Among Adults in Ido Ekiti, Nigeria: A Community-Based Study.International journal of hypertension · 2026Article
- Know Your Number; Control Your Number campaign: Nigeria.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The perspectives of Lagos faith-institution leaders on health, hypertension, and faith-based hypertension interventions: a qualitative interview study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Cardiovascular disease knowledge, risk perception, and lifestyle behaviors among university students in North-Central Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Availability, healthiness and sodium content of packaged and unpackaged foods and beverages in nigeria: a cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Hypertension burden and associated risk factors among people from the slums in a developing country: evidence from the COMBAT-CVD study.Journal of human hypertension · 2025Article
- Knowledge, practices and prevalence of hypertension among poor urban community dwellers in Ibadan, South-Western Nigeria.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Healthy Heart Assistant, a WhatsApp-Based Generative Pretrained Transformer Technology, for Self-Care in Hypertensive Patients.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Previous studies that evaluated the prevalence, awareness and treatment of hypertension in Nigeria were either localized to some specific regions of the country or non-standardized thereby making evaluation of trend in hypertension care difficult. Methods: We used the World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance to evaluate in a nationally representative sample of 4192 adult Nigerians selected from a rural and an urban community in one state in each of the six geo-political zones of the country. Results: The overall age-standardized prevalence of hypertension was 38.1% and this varied across the geo-political zones as follows: North-Central, 20.9%; North-East, 27.5%; North-West, 26.8%; South-East, 52.8%; South-South, 44.6%; and South-West, 42.1%. Prevalence rate did not differ significantly (p > 0.05) according to place of residence; 39.2% versus 37.5 %; urban vs rural. Prevalence of hypertension increased from 6.8% among subjects less than 30 years to 63.0% among those aged 70 years and above. Awareness was better (62.2% vs. 56.6%; P = 0.0272); treatment rate significantly higher (40.9 % vs. 30.8%; P < 0.0001) and control similar (14 vs. 10.8%) among urban compared to rural residents. Women were more aware of (63.3% vs. 52.8%; P < 0.0001); had similar (P > 0.05) treatment (36.7 vs. 34.3%) and control (33.9% vs. 35.5%) rates of hypertension compared to men. Conclusion: Our results suggest a large burden of hypertension in Nigeria and a closing up of the rural-urban gap previously reported. This calls for a change in public health policies anchored on a primary health care system to address the emerging disease burden occasioned by hypertension.
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