James Tosin Akinlua|R Meakin|Aminu Umar|Nick Freemantle
Current Prevalence Pattern of Hypertension in Nigeria: A Systematic Review
Roland Hill (United Kingdom)|The Royal Free Hospital|University College London|Roland Hill (United Kingdom)|The Royal Free Hospital|University College London|University of Salford|Roland Hill (United Kingdom)|The Royal Free Hospital|University College London
background global burden hypertension noncommunicable diseases ncds rapidly increasing african continent seems affected region world prevalence hypertension nigeria forms substantial portion total burden africa large population country currently estimated 170 million objective purpose systematic review summarise date data prevalence distribution hypertension nigeria prevalence studies methods search following databases pubmed embase cardiovascular infobase 1968 till date conducted identify studies provide estimates prevalence hypertension nigeria results search yielded total 1748 hits 45 relevant studies met inclusion criteria review overall crude prevalence hypertension ranged 01 95ci01 03 175 95 ci 136 214 children 21 95ci 14 28 472 95ci 436 508 adults depending benchmark used diagnosis hypertension setting study conducted sex ethnic group crude prevalence hypertension ranged 62 95ci 40 84 489 95ci 423 555 men 10 95ci 81 12 473 95ci 43 516 women studies prevalence hypertension higher males females addition prevalence across urban rural ranged 95 95ci 136 214 516 95ci 498 534 48 95ci 29 67 43 95ci 421 439 respectively conclusions prevalence hypertension high among nigerian population appropriate interventions need developed implemented reduce preventable burden hypertension especially primary health care centres first point call 55 nigerian population