Primary Hypertension with Target Organ Damage among Apparently Healthy Secondary School Students in Osogbo, South-Western Nigeria.

Introduction: In recent times, there has been an increase in the frequency of hypertension among young people which is contributing globally to the increase in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in adults.

Objective: The aim of this study was therefore to determine the prevalence of primary hypertension and its risk factors among apparently healthy secondary school students in Osogbo, southwestern Nigeria.

Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study of a total of 404 secondary school students in Osogbo city.

Muco-Cutaneous Infections in HIV Infected Children at a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital.

Background: Studies on mucous infections in HIV infected children are sparse. Cutaneous infections though common, vary in pattern and prevalence over time and location.

Objectives: To provide updates on the prevalence and pattern of muco-cutaneous infections among HIV infected children attending a Nigerian tertiary hospital and identify neglected muco-cutaneous infections.

Intestinal Parasitoses in HIV Infected Children in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital.

Background: Intestinal parasitoses are common amongst people living in developing countries. They may impact negatively on the growth and health of immune competent children. There is paucity of information on the association between HIV and intestinal parasitoses in African children.

Pattern of paediatric dermatoses at dermatology clinics in Ile-Ife and Ilesha, Nigeria.

Background: In developing countries, skin diseases are one of the most common causes of morbidity.

Aim: A prospective descriptive study was conducted to determine the pattern of skin diseases in childhood and adolescents presenting to the outpatient dermatology clinics of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex at Ile-Ife and Ilesha, Osun State.

Methods: Patients aged 2 weeks to 19 years attending the clinics between October 2009 and September 2012 were included.

Pattern of dermatoses among inmates of Ilesha Prison, Nigeria.

Aims And Objectives: Dermatoses are common health problems in prisons and environmental conditions influence their prevalence and pattern. Hot and humid environment as obtains in the tropics, stress, and overcrowding are conditions that facilitate development of. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of dermatoses in a prison located in a tropical environment.

Impact of intestinal helminthiases on the nutritional status of primary-school children in Osun state, south-western Nigeria.

In January-March 2000, the impact of intestinal helminthiases on the nutritional status of 749 pupils (353 boys and 396 girls) attending public primary schools in the Ife Central local government area of Osun state, in south-western Nigeria, was investigated. Demographic, socio-economic and other relevant information was collected on the pupils, on the same day that a single stool sample was collected from each subject and examined, using Stoll's dilution egg-count technique. The weights, heights and ages of the subjects were recorded and converted to percentages of the reference medians for weight-for-height, weight-for-age and height-for-age.

Plasma lipid peroxidation and totalantioxidant status among dyslipidaemic and hypertensive Nigerians with high risk of coronary heart disease.

Background: The oxidative modification hypothesis of atherosclerosis predicts that low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) oxidation is an early event in atherosclerosis and that oxidized LDL-C contributes to atherogenesis

Objective: To determine a link, if any, between the plasma lipid peroxidation and total antioxidant status (TAS) among dyslipidemic and hypertensive Nigerian patients with high risk of coronary heart disease.

Methods: The study groups comprised 58 hypertensive adult Nigerians whose fasting plasma total cholesterol (TC) levels were > 5.5 mmol/L and with high risk coronary heart disease (CHD) lipid fraction i.

Intestinal helminthiases among rural and urban schoolchildren in south-western Nigeria.

The prevalences and intensities of intestinal helminthic infection among primary schoolchildren were determined in rural and urban communities of the Ife Central local government area, in south-western Nigeria. After the schools in the study area had been stratified into urban and rural, a random sample from each stratum was selected for further study. In each study school, a single fresh stool specimen was obtained from each pupil in randomly selected classes and checked, using a quantitative method (Stoll's dilution egg-count technique), for helminth eggs and larvae.

Prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus antibodies in pregnant women and their offspring in a tertiary hospital in Southwestern Nigeria.

Background: The aim of this prospective study was to determine the prevalence of HCV antibodies among pregnant women and their corresponding offspring in a tertiary medical centre in Southwestern Nigeria.

Method: Anti-HCV antibodies (anti-HCV antibodies) were analyzed in blood samples from mothers and cord samples from their corresponding offspring using the Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) method. The results obtained from the study were expressed in simple percentages.

Comparative study of nutritional status of urban and rural Nigerian school children.

Nutritional assessment in the community is essential for accurate planning and implementation of intervention programmes to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with under-nutrition. The study was, therefore, carried out to determine and compare the nutritional status of children attending urban and rural public primary schools in Ife Central Local Government Area (ICLGA) of Nigeria. The schools were stratified into urban and rural, and studied schools were selected by balloting.

Haematological profile and malarial parasitaemia in Nigerian children requiring emergency blood transfusion.

Background: This study was carried out to determine the haematological profile and malarial parasitaemia of children requiring emergency blood transfusion.

Methods: This prospective study was carried out from 1st August to 30th of November, 1999 at the Children Emergency Ward (CHEW) of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) Ile-Ife, Nigeria. All children requiring emergency blood transfusion seen at the CHEW were included in the study.