THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTITIONERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES MANAGEMENT IN OFFA LGA KWARA STATE
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Cardiovascular diseases (CVPDs) ave the major causes of mortality in persons with diabetes, and many factors, including hypertension, contribute to this high prevalence of CVD. Hypertension is approximately twice as frequent in patients with diabetes compared with patients without the disease.
Conversely, recent data suggest that hypertensive persons are more predisposed to the development of diabetes than are normotensive persons. Furthermore, up to 75% of CVD in diabetes may be attributable to hypertension, leading to recommendations for more aggressive treatment (ie, reducing blood pressure to
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