AIM: With increasing urbanization of lifestyle, @entity65 and mortality have been on the increase in Africans. Studies on cardiovascular risk factors in rural communities in South East Nigeria are scarce. This study focused on @entity101 and @entity28 in adult Nigerians dwelling in a rural setting in Eastern Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 218 @entity1 from the rural community were recruited into the study. A questionnaire was used to assess prior knowledge of their weight and blood pressure status as well as drug history for those found to have @entity101 . Each @entity1 's blood pressure was measured and any value >= 140/90 mmHg was regarded as @entity101 ( @entity101 ). Their heights and weights were measured and their body mass indices (BMI) calculated using the standard formula of BMI = Weight in Kg/Height in m 2 ; BMI >= 30 Kg/m 2 was referred to as global @entity28 . Their waist circumferences (WC) were also measured and any value >= 102 cm for males and >= 88 cm for females was regarded as @entity1144 . RESULTS: The general prevalence of @entity101 in the rural community was 44.5%. The prevalence of @entity101 increased as age increased and awareness about @entity101 was low (15.2%). Females were more aware than the males. The prevalence of @entity101 was higher in males (49.3%) compared with their female counterparts (42.3%), whereas the females had a higher prevalence of all forms of @entity28 (abdominal: 36.2%, global: 14.8%) compared with the males (abdominal: 14.5%, global: 10.1%). Higher BMI was associated with higher systolic and diastolic BP values. @entity101 @entity1 had higher BMI and WC than those who had normal BP. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of both @entity101 and @entity28 seems to be increasing in rural communities in Nigeria and thus, the available prevalence documented in previous studies for rural communities may no longer represent the current trend. Awareness of the @entity1 about these major cardiovascular risk factors is still very low. Higher BMI was associated with higher values of both systolic and diastolic BP.

Evaluation of blood pressure and indices of XXXX in a typical rural community in eastern Nigeria.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'participant'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['high blood pressure', 'Hypertensive', 'hypertension', 'HBP'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obesity'] @entity1144 :: ('MESH:D056128', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal obesity'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['cardiovascular morbidity']
@entity28 :: (MESH:D009765,Disease) :: ['obesity']
