This epidemiologic study identified a 25% prevalence of arterial hypertension among male commercial motor bike riders in Benin City, Nigeria.
Signals hypertension burden in Nigerian motorcyclists; hypothesis-generating for targeted screening studies.
An epidemiologic study was carried out in the dry season on 250 male commercial motor bike riders from five different parks. 69% of the bike riders were in the (year) 31– 40 and 41–50 age range while 31% were in 21–30, 51– 60 and 61 – 70 age range. Half of the population studied were normotensive. Arterial hypertension was found in 63 (25%) of the examined workers (p
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Iyawe et al. (2008) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: