Prevalence of hypertension in Kegbara-Dere, a rural community in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-346

  Onwuchekwa, Arthur Chukwubike ^a   Mezie Okoye, Mary Margaret ^a   Babatunde, Seye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Niger Delta; Nigeria; Prevalence; Rural community

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866898998     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Akinkugbe OO. Non-Communicable Diseases in Nigeria. Final Report of a National Survey. Federal Ministry of Health and Social Services, Lagos. 1997;64-90.
2. Ogah OS. Hypertension in sub-Saharan African populations: the burden of hypertension in Nigeria (Letter to Editor). Ethn Dis. 2006;16:765.
3. Seedat YK. Hypertension in developing nations in sub-Saharan Africa. J Hum Hypertens. 2000;14:739-747.
4. Cappuccio FP, Micah FB, Emmett L, et al. Prevalence, detection, management and control of hypertension in Ashanti, West Africa. Hypertension. 2004;43:1017-1022. (Pubitemid 38579907)
5. Akpa MR, Emem-Chioma PC, Odia OJ. Current epidemiology of hypertension in Port Harcourt metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria. Port Harcourt Med J. 2008;2:218-223.
6. Cooper R, Rotimi C, Ataman S, et al. The prevalence of hypertension in seven populations of West African origin. Am J Public Health. 1997;87:160-168. (Pubitemid 27120546)
7. Poulter NR, Khaw K, Hopwood BE, et al. Determinants of blood pressure changes due to urbanization: a longitudinal study. J Hypertens. 1985;3(suppl):s375-s377. (Pubitemid 17200006)
8. Kerry SM, Emmett L, Micah FB, et al. Rural and semi-urban differences in salt intake and its dietary sources in Ashanti, West Africa. Ethn Dis. 2005;15:33-39. (Pubitemid 40310051)
9. Opie LH, Seedat YK. Hypertension in sub-Saharan African population. Circulation. 2005;112:3562-3568.
10. Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, et al. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of high blood pressure. Hypertension. 2003;42(6):1206-1252. (Pubitemid 37553153)
11. Carrol L. Bye-Bye BMI? Better way to measure obesity. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14483512. June 26, 2009.
12. Klein RJ, Schoenborn CA. Age Adjustment Using the 2000 Projected US Population. Healthy People Statistical Notes No 20. Hyattsville, Md: National Center for Health Statistics; 2001.
13. Addo J, Amoah AG, Koram KA. The changing patterns of hypertension in Ghana: a study of four rural communities in Ga district. Ethn Dis. 2006;16:894-899.
14. Agyemang C, Redekop WK, Owusu-Dabo E, Bruijnzeels MA. Blood pressure patterns in rural semi-urban and urban children in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa. BMC Public Health. 2005;5:114.
15. Addo J, Smeeth L, Leon DA. Hypertension In Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. Hypertension. 2007;50:1012-1018. (Pubitemid 350172921)
16. Kunutsor S, Powles J. Descriptive epidemiology of blood pressure in a rural adult population in Northern Ghana. Rural Remote Health. 2009;9(2):1095.
17. Kluger J. Blowing a gasket. Time. December 6, 2004;34-40.
18. Schutte AE, van Rooyen JM, Huisman HW, Kruger HS, de Ridder JH. Factor analysis of possible risks for hypertension in a black South African population. J Hum Hypertens. 2003;17:339-348. (Pubitemid 36625964)
19. Smith SM, Mensah GA. Population aging and implications for epidemic cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Ethn Dis. 2003; 13(2 Suppl 2):S77-80.
20. Kadiri S, Walker O, Salako BL, Akinkugbe O. Blood pressure, hypertension and correlates in urbanized workers in Ibadan, Nigeria: a revisit. J Hum Hypertens. 1999;13:23-27. (Pubitemid 29042141)
21. Das SK, Banerjee TK. Stroke: Indian scenario. Circulation. 2008;118:2719-2724.
22. Johnson TO. Arterial blood pressure and hypertension in an urban African population sample. Br J Prev Soc Med. 1971;25:26-33.
23. Smith JA. Arterial hypertension patients at the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. West Afr J Med. 1966;15:97-104.
24. Oviasu VO. Arterial blood pressure and hypertension in a rural Nigerian community. Afr J Med Med Sci. 1978;7:137-143. (Pubitemid 9127070)
25. How to Make Palm Wine. en.howtopedia.org/wiki/How-to-Make-Palm-Wine. October 28, 2009.
26. Okesina AB, Oparinde DP, Akindoyin KA, et al. Prevalence of some risk factors of coronary heart disease in a rural Nigerian population. East Afr Med J. 1999;76:212-216.
27. Kadiri S, Salako BL. Cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged Nigerians. East Afr Med J. 1997;74:303-306.
28. Nirmala A. Age variation in blood pressure effects of sex and urbanization in a genetically homogenous caste population of Andra Pradesh. Am J Hum Biol. 2001;13(6):744-752. (Pubitemid 33085728)
29. Gupta R, Gupta S, Gupta VP, Prakash H. Prevalence and determinants of hypertension in the urban population of Jaipur in Western India. J Hypertens. 1995;13(10):1193-1200.
30. Singh RB, Sharma JP, Rastogi V, et al. Prevalence and determinants of hypertension in the Indian social class and heart survey. J Hum Hypertens. 1997;11:51-56. (Pubitemid 27182858)
31. Wang H. Effects of marital status and transition on hypertension in Chinese women: a longitudinal study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, March 31-April 2, 2005, Philadelphia.
32. Mandal PK, Roy AKS, Chatterjee C, et al. Burden of Hypertension and its risk factors in an urban community of India: Are we aware and concerned? Sudanese J Public Health. 2010;15(3):130-135.
33. Lipowicz A, Lopuszanska M. Marital differences in blood pressure and the risk of hypertension among Polish men. Eur J Epidemiol. 2005;20(5):421-427. (Pubitemid 40898048)
34. Schwandt HM, Coresh J, Hindi MJ. Marital status, hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and death among African American women and men: incidence and prevalence in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study participants. J Fam Issues. 2010;31:1211-1229.
35. Agyemang C, Addo J, Bhopal R, Aikins A, Stronks K. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and established risk factors among populations of sub-Saharan African descent in Europe: a literature review. Global Health. 2009;5:7.
36. Ansa VO, Ekoh JU, Bassey EO. Profile and outcome of cardiovascular admissions at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo: a five-year review. Niger J Clin Pract. 2008;11(1):22-24.
37. Epstein M, Sowers JR. Diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Hypertension. 1992;19:403-418.
38. Lago RM, Singh PP, Nesto RW. Diabetes and hypertension. Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2007;3(10):667. (Pubitemid 47463709)
39. Mollentze WF, Moore AJ, Steyn AF, et al. Coronary heart disease risk factors in a rural and urban Orange Free State black population. S Afr Med J. 1995;85(2):90-6.
40. van Rooyen JM, Kruger HS, Huisman HW, et al. An epidemiological study of hypertension and its determinants in a population in transition: the THUSA study. J Hum Hypertens. 2000;14(12):779-87. (Pubitemid 32015829)
41. Cooper RS, Wolf-Maier K, Luke A, et al. An international comparative study of blood pressure in populations of European vs. African descent. BMC Med. 2005;3:2.
42. Walker AR, Walker BF, Manetsi B, Tsotetsi NG, Walker AJ. Obesity in black women in Soweto, South Africa: minimal effects on hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and hyperglycaemia. J R Soc Health. 1990;110(3):101-3. (Pubitemid 20293768)