Blood pressure control and associated factors among hypertensive patients in university of Port Harcourt teaching hospital in South-South Nigeria
Background: Hypertension a controllable disease is responsible for about 45% of deaths due to heart diseases and 51% of deaths due to stroke globally as at 2013. In Nigeria, a prevalence of 8-46.4% was reported depending on the population of interest. This study was to determine the level of BP cont...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Nigerian Journal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2018;volume=27;issue=3;spage=233;epage=243;aulast=Douglas;type=0 |