Prevalence and correlates of hypertension among the Ibibio/Annangs, Efiks and Obolos: A cross sectional community survey in rural South-South Nigeria

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-339

  Andy, Joseph J ^a   Peters, Etete J ^a   Ekrikpo, Udeme E ^a   Akpan, Ndanyongmong A ^a   Unadike, Bernard C ^a   Ekott, John U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Rural; South South Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PREHYPERTENSION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866917113     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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