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Blood Pressure Gradients and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Urban and Rural Populations in Abia State South Eastern Nigeria Using the WHO STEPwise Approach

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  • Ikechi Gareth Okpechi
  • Innocent Ijezie Chukwuonye
  • Nicki Tiffin
  • Okechukwu Ojoemelam Madukwe
  • Ugochukwu Uchenna Onyeonoro
  • Theophilus Ifeanyichukwu Umeizudike
  • Okechukwu Samuel Ogah

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Background: Developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face a double burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and communicable diseases. As high blood pressure (BP) is a common global cardiovascular (CV) disorder associated with high morbidity and mortality, the relationship between gradients of BP and other CV risk factors was assessed in Abia State, Nigeria. Methods: Using the WHO STEPwise approach to surveillance of chronic disease risk factors, we conducted a population-based cross-sectional survey in Abia state, Nigeria from August 2011 to March 2012. Data collected at various steps included: demographic and behavioral risk factors (Step 1); BP and anthropometric measurements (Step 2), and fasting blood cholesterol and glucose (Step 3). Results: Of the 2983 subjects with complete data for analysis, 52.1% were females and 53.2% were rural dwellers. Overall, the distribution of selected CV disease risk factors was diabetes (3.6%), hypertension (31.4%), cigarette smoking (13.3%), use of smokeless tobacco (4.8%), physical inactivity (64.2%) and being overweight or obese (33.7%). Presence of hypertension, excessive intake of alcohol, smoking (cigarette and smokeless tobacco) and physical inactivity occurred more frequently in males than in females (p

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  • Ikechi Gareth Okpechi & Innocent Ijezie Chukwuonye & Nicki Tiffin & Okechukwu Ojoemelam Madukwe & Ugochukwu Uchenna Onyeonoro & Theophilus Ifeanyichukwu Umeizudike & Okechukwu Samuel Ogah, 2013. "Blood Pressure Gradients and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Urban and Rural Populations in Abia State South Eastern Nigeria Using the WHO STEPwise Approach," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(9), pages 1-8, September.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073403
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