Variations in the prevalence of point (pre)hypertension in a Nigerian school-going adolescent population living in a semi-urban and an urban area

BACKGROUND: Hypertension has been shown to start in early life and to track into adulthood. Detecting adolescents with hypertension and prehypertension will aid early intervention and reduce morbidity and mortality from the disorders. This study reports the point-prevalence of the two disorders in a...

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Autores principales: Ejike, Chukwunonso ECC, Ugwu, Chidiebere E, Ezeanyika, Lawrence US
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20214768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-10-13

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20214768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-10-13

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