Prevalence of hypertension in Kegbara-Dere, a rural community in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria.

Objectives: Hypertension has become a major health burden in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly due to urbanization and Western acculturation. We investigated the prevalence of hypertension and risk factors in a rural community in South-South Nigeria.

Design, Setting, Participants: Blood pressure and anthropometric indices were measured during a cross-sectional study of community health status among 1078 adults, aged > or = 18 years, in 2008.