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Prevalence and determinants of masked hypertension among black nigerians compared with a reference population

Authors :
Odili, A.N. Thijs, L. Hara, A. Wei, F.-F. Ogedengbe, J.O. Nwegbu, M.M. Aparicio, L.S. Asayama, K. Niiranen, T.J. Boggia, J. Luzardo, L. Jacobs, L. Stergiou, G.S. Johansson, J.K. Ohkubo, T. Jula, A.M. Imai, Y. O'Brien, E. Staessen, J.A.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Hitherto, diagnosis of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa was largely based on conventional office blood pressure (BP). Data on the prevalence of masked hypertension (MH) in this region is scarce. Among individuals with normal office BP (

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Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
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