Journal: International Journal Of Adolescent Medicine And Health.
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Purpose: The burden of hypertension is rising both globally and in Africa specifically.Wedeterminedtheprevalence of hypertension and the risk factors for clinical hypertension in a population of new university intakes overa4-year period. Methods:We analyzed retrospectively,therecordsof6980olderadolescents(15–19years).Weusedpopulationspecificmetricstocategorizebloodpressure(BP)basedonthe2017ClinicalPracticeGuidelinesbytheAmericanAcademyofPediatrics. Results:TheoverallprevalenceofhighBPinourstudywas25.1%[95%confidenceinterval(CI)24.1–26.2]for elevated bp,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>
ABIODUN,O. Oluwatosin,O. ASHIPA,T. .
(2019). Hypertension among adolescentsinNigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen, 1
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"Hypertension among adolescentsinNigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen" 1, no (), (2019):
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(2019). Hypertension among adolescentsinNigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen, 1
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ABIODUN,Olumide ,
Oluwatosin,Olu-abiodun ,
and ASHIPA,Temitope
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"Hypertension among adolescentsinNigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen", 1 . (2019) :
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A.Olumide O.Olu-abiodun & A.Temitope ,
"Hypertension among adolescentsinNigeria: a retrospective study of adolescent university freshmen"
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