F. Odey, M. Anah, V. Ansa, J. Ogbeche, M. Meremikwu, E. Ekanem
{"title":"Pre-Hypertension And Hypertension In Apparently Healthy Adolescents In Calabar, Nigeria.","authors":"F. Odey, M. Anah, V. Ansa, J. Ogbeche, M. Meremikwu, E. Ekanem","doi":"10.4314/GJCM.V2I1-2.47924","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Hypertension is a major public health burden in sub-Saharan Africa. It has been shown to track from adolescence to adulthood. Pre-hypertension refers to consistent systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure (BP) measurement between 90 - KEY WORDS: Hypertension, Pre-hypertension, healthy adolescents.","PeriodicalId":92921,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community medicine (Reno, Nev.)","volume":"2 1","pages":"13-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4314/GJCM.V2I1-2.47924","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of community medicine (Reno, Nev.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4314/GJCM.V2I1-2.47924","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 6
Abstract
Hypertension is a major public health burden in sub-Saharan Africa. It has been shown to track from adolescence to adulthood. Pre-hypertension refers to consistent systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure (BP) measurement between 90 - KEY WORDS: Hypertension, Pre-hypertension, healthy adolescents.