DOI: 10.36347/SASJM.2019.v05i10.002

Pages: 177-181

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the prevalence of hypertension is highest in the African Region at 46% of adults aged 25 years and above, while the lowest was found in the American region. The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of hypertension among diabetic patients in metabolic clinic of Chemical Pathology Department and Endocrinology clinic of Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto Nigeria. Also, it aimed to study the subjects’ characteristics, anthropometric, and clinical variables contributing to this prevalence. This was a cross-sectional study carried out on adult of both sexes attending metabolic clinic of ChemicalPathology Department and Endocrinology clinic of Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto Nigeria, from 1st January 2018 to 31st December, 2018. The inclusion criterion for enrolment in the present study was all diabetic patients attending the clinic at time of the study. Data were extracted from the chemical pathology register, other clinical parameters extracted from the patients case folder, entry and validation was done using Microsoft excel version 13. The data were exported into SPSS version 23.0 (Chicago IL) for windows; for statistical analysis. Numerical data were summarized using measures of central tendency with their respective measures of dispersions. Frequency and percentages were used to summarize categorical data. A total of 182 diabetic patients participated in this study, 63.7% (116) were females, 41.8% were aged between 50-64 years old.