The influence of socio-economic status on casual blood pressures of the adult Nigerians.

Background: Studies into social inequalities in health tend to focus more on parental socio-economic status (SES) as it affects the children. We aimed to test the hypothesis that socio-economic inequalities would not affect the casual blood pressure among Nigerian adults.

Methods And Results: Resting blood pressure (BP) and pulse rate of 1067 sedentary adults were measured.