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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

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 gradient...

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Autores principales: Okpechi, Ikechi Gareth, Chukwuonye, Innocent Ijezie, Tiffin, Nicki, Madukwe, Okechukwu Ojoemelam, Onyeonoro, Ugochukwu Uchenna, Umeizudike, Theophilus Ifeanyichukwu, Ogah, Okechukwu Samuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073403