Age-related differences in Anaerobic power of femali university students

Di, Musa; Ismaila, Salami Olasunkanmi; Mohammed, Randa Youssef

doi:10.4314/ajpherd.v9i1.46310

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Characteristics of high blood pressure among postpartum hausa women in a specialist hospital in Nigeria

Sumaila¹,

Shittu²,

Uwais³

et al. 2018

IPMRJ

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Objective:The major aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of high blood pressure among postpartum Hausa women in Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. Method:A total of 150 postpartum women from Postnatal Clinic of MMSH participated in the study. The consent of the subjects was sought and subjects were recruited using Judgmental Sampling Technique. Subjects were included if they were between 2-6 weeks postpartum and were excluded if they were hypertensive before getting pregnant. The Height and Weight of the subjects was measured using a standard protocol and recorded. Blood pressure was measured at least twice during this period. Descriptive and Inferential Statistics was used to analyse and present the data. Probability level of 0.05 or less was considered in all analysis. Results:The study revealed no relationship between age, BMI and hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension among the women during postpartum is higher (76.7%) than during pregnancy. Conclusion:There is a high percentage of women with hypertension during the postpartum period.Citation: Sumaila FG, Shittu A, Uwais UM, et al. Characteristics of high blood pressure among postpartum hausa women in a specialist hospital in Nigeria. Int

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