Open AccessRelationship of blood pressure with some cardiovascular disease risk factors in a rural population of Plateau State, North Central Nigeria
Author(s) -
Basil N Okeahialam,
C Ogbonna,
Dele Emmanuel Joseph,
EK Chuhwak,
Ikechukwu Isiguzoro
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.160400
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , body mass index , anthropometry , population , environmental health , alcohol intake , demography , rural community , disease , gerontology , alcohol , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology
Hypertension is associated with certain cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors which vary from one place to the other depending on community sophistication. We decided to obtain the situation as it affects this rural Nigerian community to be in an evidence-based position to initiate individual and group prevention strategies.