Blood Pressure Gradients and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Urban and Rural Populations in Abia State South Eastern Nigeria Using the WHO STEPwise Approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Okpechi, Ikechi Gareth ^a   Chukwuonye, Innocent Ijezie ^b   Tiffin, Nicki ^c   Madukwe, Okechukwu Ojoemelam ^d   Onyeonoro, Ugochukwu Uchenna ^b   Umeizudike, Theophilus Ifeanyichukwu ^e   Ogah, Okechukwu Samuel ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^e LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883539319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073403     Document Type: Article

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