ArticleAfrican health sciences2021
Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among rural community dwellers in a local government area, South West Nigeria.
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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
- Hypertension in West Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and associated risk factors.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Community-based prevalence and factors associated with hypertension in adults in the rural Nyiragongo Health Zone, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Lautech teaching hospital, Osogbo, Nigeria.African health sciences · 2023Article
- Non communicable diseases persist despite being overshadowed by Covid-19 globally.African health sciences · 2021Article
- Modelling of South African Hypertension: Comparative Analysis of the Classical and Bayesian Quantile Regression Approaches.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMany African countries including Nigeria are said to be at various stages of an epidemiological transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases (NCD).
objectiveThis study determined the current pattern and correlates of hypertension among adults in some rural communities in South West Nigeria.
methodsIt was a descriptive cross-sectional study of 1012 individuals across 16 rural communities. The respondents' blood pressure, weight, height and waist circumference were measured. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were done.
resultsAmong the participants, 461 (45.6%) had hypertension out of whom 217 (47.1%) and 244 (52.9%) had stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension respectively. The systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressures increased with age. The significant predictors of hypertension were; increasing age (p<0.001), higher waist circumference (p = 0.01) and overweight / obesity (p = 0.03). While systolic blood pressure (SBP) had the strongest correlation with age, waist circumference (WC) was the strongest correlate of diastolic blood pressure (DBP).
conclusionDespite being a rural population, there was a high prevalence of hypertension in the study area.
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