Blood Pressure Gradients and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Urban and Rural Populations in Abia State South Eastern Nigeria Using the WHO STEPwise Approach

• Ikechi Gareth Okpechi,

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa

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• Innocent Ijezie Chukwuonye,

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

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• Nicki Tiffin,

  Affiliation South African National Bioinformatics Institute/MRC Unit for Bioinformatics Capacity Development, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Okechukwu Ojoemelam Madukwe,

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Nnamdi Azikiwe Secretariat, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

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• Ugochukwu Uchenna Onyeonoro,

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

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• Theophilus Ifeanyichukwu Umeizudike,

  Affiliation Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria

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• Okechukwu Samuel Ogah

  * E-mail: osogah56156@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Ministry of Health, Nnamdi Azikiwe Secretariat, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

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