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Hypertension and its correlates among in‑school adolescents in Ekiti State, South‑west, Nigeria
- Source :
- Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp 1-5 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background: Hypertension is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Though generally believed to be a disease of the adults, It has been shown to start in early life and tracks through adolescence into adulthood.Aims and Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension and associated factors among adolescents in Ekiti State.Materials and Methods: The study was a cross sectional survey involving 416 secondary school adolescents aged 10 to 19 years. A ‘two-stage’ sampling technique was used to select the subjects. Facilitated self-administered questionnaire was used for the study. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. Level of significance was set at P
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Percentile
hypertension
Cross-sectional study
prevalence
Prevalence
lcsh:Medicine
body mass index
Disease
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Age and sex
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Statistical significance
Medicine
adolescents
business.industry
lcsh:R
nigeria
Blood pressure
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
business
Body mass index
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20910576 and 24679100
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....60e5507cf19829468f1305f04b4e2b2a