Burden of obesity in essential hypertension: Pattern and prevalence

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-402

  Akintunde, A A ^a   Akinwusi, P O ^a   Adebayo, R A ^b   Ogunyemi, S ^b   Opadijo, O G ^a  

^a LAUTECH TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Burden; Essential hypertension; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80054104813     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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