Evaluation of blood pressure and indices of obesity in a typical rural community in eastern Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-126

  Ahaneku, Gladys I ^a   Osuji, C U ^a   Anisiuba, B C ^b   Ikeh, V O ^b   Oguejiofor, O C ^a   Ahaneku, J E ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Hypertension; Rural community; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; GLOBAL OBESITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959968829     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.82076     Document Type: Article

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