Blood pressure,prevalence of hypertension and hypertension related complications in Nigerian Africans:A review

查看全文 作　　者：Okechukwu S [1,2]Ogah;Ikechi [3]Okpechi;Innocent I [4]Chukwuonye;Joshua O [5]Akinyemi;Basden JC [6]Onwubere;Ayodele O [2]Falase;Simon [7]Stewart;Karen [8]Sliwa

机构地区：[1]Ministry of Health,Nnamdi Azikiwe Secretariat,Umuahia 440233,Abia State,Nigeria;[2]Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,Department of Medicine,University College Hospital,PMB 5116,Dugbe GPO,Ibadan 200211,Oyo State,Nigeria;[3]Division of of Nephrology and Hypertension,Department of Medicine,E13,Renal Unit,Grootes Schuur Hospital,Observatory 7925,Cape Town,South Africa;[4]Division of Renal Medicine(Nephrology),Department of Medicine,Federal Medical Centre,Umuahia 440233,Abia State,Nigeria;[5]Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics,College of Medicine,University of Ibadan,Ibadan 200211,Oyo State,Nigeria;[6]Division of Cardiology,Department of Medicine,University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital,Enugu 400001,Nigeria;[7]NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence to Reduce Inequality in Heart Disease Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute,75 Commercial Road,Melbourne,VIC 3004,Australia;[8]Hatter Cardiovascular Research Institute,Faculty of Health Sciences,University of Cape Town,Cape Town,Private Bag X3,Observatory 7935,South Africa

出　　处：《World Journal of Cardiology》索引2012年第4卷第12期,共14页

摘　　要：To review studies on hypertension in Nigeria over the past five decades in terms of prevalence,awareness and treatment and complications.Following our search on Pubmed,African Journals Online and the World Health Organization Global cardiovascular infobase,1060 related references were identified out of which 43 were found to be relevant for this review.The overall prevalence of hypertension in Nigeria ranges from 8%-46.4% depending on the study target population,type of measurement and cut-off value used for defining hypertension.The prevalence is similar in men and women(7.9%-50.2% vs 3.5%-68.8%,respectively) and in the urban(8.1%-42.0%) and rural setting(13.5%-46.4%).The pooled prevalence increased from 8.6% from the only study during the period from 1970-1979 to 22.5%(2000-2011).Awareness,treatment and control of hypertension were generally low with attendant high burden of hypertension related complications.In order to improve outcomes of cardiovascular disease in Africans,public health education to improve awareness of hypertension is required.Further epidemiological studies on hypertension are required to adequately understand and characterize the impact of hypertension in society. 关键词：Blood pressure HYPERTENSION Prevalence Non-communicable disease NIGERIA

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