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Hypertension among adolescents in Nigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen

Authors: ABIODUN Olumide

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Internationaljournalofadolescentmedicineandhealth

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Purpose: The burden of hypertension is rising both globally and in Africa specifically. We determined the prevalence of hypertension and the risk factors for clinical hypertension in a population of new university intakes overa4-year period Methods: We analyzed retrospectively,therecordsof6980olderadolescents(15–19 years). We used population-specific metrics to categorize blood pressure(BP)basedonthe2017ClinicalPracticeGuidelinesbytheAmericanAcademyofPediatrics. Results:TheoverallprevalenceofhighBPinourstudywas25.1%[95%confidenceinterval(CI)24.1–26.2]for elevatedBP,19.8%(95%CI18.9–20.8)forstage1hypertension,and5.5%(95%CI5.0–6.1)forstage2hypertension. The prevalence of stage 2 hypertension was 8.7% (7.5–9.5) among the male participants and 3.2% (95% CI 2.7–3.2) among the female participants (p < 0>

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ABIODUN,O. . (2019). Hypertension among adolescents in Nigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen, 1 (), 1-1.

ABIODUN,O. . "Hypertension among adolescents in Nigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen" 1, no (), (2019): 1-1.

ABIODUN,O. and . (2019). Hypertension among adolescents in Nigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen, 1 (), pp1-1.

ABIODUNO, . Hypertension among adolescents in Nigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen. 2019, 1 ():1-1.

ABIODUN,Olumide , . "Hypertension among adolescents in Nigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen", 1 . (2019) : 1-1.

A.Olumide , "Hypertension among adolescents in Nigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen" vol.1, no., pp. 1-1, 2019.

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