A silent epidemic of hypertension may be ongoing in Nigeria, with a study indicating that 48.3 per cent adults in Lagos have moderate-to-severely elevated blood pressure.
In a new study, researchers found that blood pressure was elevated in 35.6 per cent of the study population with 48.3 per cent of those having moderate-to-severely elevated blood pressure.
In addition, between 11 per cent and 20 per cent of individuals aged 18 to 29 years had elevated blood pressure, with the proportion being much higher among males than females.
Furthermore, the prevalence of elevated BP was high among younger individuals with rates of between 20 per cent and 30 per cent among men aged 18 to 29 years.
In Nigeria, hypertension is the single most common risk factor for stroke, chronic kidney disease, and heart failure among adult Nigerians and estimates of its prevalence are as high as 47 per…
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