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A community-based study of hypertension and cardio-metabolic syndrome in semi-urban and rural communities in Nigeria

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of cardio-metabolic syndrome (CMS) is increasing worldwide. In people of African descent, there is higher prevalence of hypertension and complications than other races. Bearing in mind these facts, we looked at the CMS in the general population and the population with hype...

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Autores principales: Ulasi, Ifeoma I, Ijoma, Chinwuba K, Onodugo, Obinna D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2858142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20302648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-71