Prevalence and Determinants of Masked Hypertension in Nigeria: The REMAH Study.

Background: Estimating the burden of hypertension in Nigeria hitherto relied on clinic blood pressure (BP) measurement alone. This excludes individuals with masked hypertension (MH), i.e.

Urinary sodium excretion and its association with blood pressure in Nigeria: A nationwide population survey.

Assessment of level of salt intake in a population is the first step toward planning strategies aimed at salt reduction. As a surrogate of salt intake, we measured a single 24-hour urine sodium (uNa) of free-living 2503 adults in a nationally representative sample of Nigerians drawn from 12 rural and urban communities; and evaluated the community-level association of uNa with blood pressure (BP). Overall, the median (interquartile range (IQR)) of uNa was 99 (105) mmol, ranging from 23.

Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Nigeria: Data from a Nationwide Survey 2017.

Background: Previous studies that evaluated the prevalence, awareness and treatment of hypertension in Nigeria were either localized to some specific regions of the country or non-standardized thereby making evaluation of trend in hypertension care difficult.

Methods: We used the World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance to evaluate in a nationally representative sample of 4192 adult Nigerians selected from a rural and an urban community in one state in each of the six geo-political zones of the country.

Results: The overall age-standardized prevalence of hypertension was 38.

Removing the mask on hypertension (REMAH) study: Design; quality of blood pressure phenotypes and characteristics of the first 490 participants.

Previous studies that evaluated the prevalence of hypertension in Nigeria were either clinic based, non-standardized or did not include out-of-clinic blood pressure (BP) measurement. We selected a rural and an urban community in one state in each of the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Five consecutive BP of adults older than 18 years were measured in the clinic following which, each participant was provided with a home BP device to obtain duplicate morning and evening BP for 3 days.