Nontoxemic hypertension in pregnancy in the African indigene

Blood pressure, prevalence of hypertension and hypertension related complications in Nigerian Africans: A review

“…Akinkugbe et al [9] 1968 Wrote on arterial blood pressure in rural Nigerians in Eruwa 7 Akinkugbe [58] 1969 Reported on the hypertensives diseases in Ibadan , Nigeria 8 Akinkugbe [60] 1969 Wrote on antihypertensive therapy in the African context 9 Ojo et al [83] 1969 Studied hypertension in pregnancy 10 Akinkugbe [59] 1969 Reported on the result of his survey of blood pressures in school children 11 Cole et al [63] 1970 First documented drug trial (Declinax) in hypertensive Nigerians 12 Brockington [84] 1971 Reported on postpartum hypertensive heart failure 13 Johnson [52] 1971 Reported on his study of blood pressure in rural areas around Lagos 14 Carlisle [85] 1971 Reported on the remission of hypertension in some Nigerians 15 Salako [64] 1971 First trial of oral thiazides 16 Salako [65] 1971 Reported on serum electrolytes in hypertensive Nigerians 17 Salako [66] 1972 Reported on electrolyte changes following thiazide therapy in hypertensive Nigerians 18 Osuntokun et al [73,74] 1972 Seminal work on hypertension in diabetic Nigerians 19 Salako et al [67] 1973 Evaluated the usefulness of Moduretic in the treatment of hypertension in Nigerians 20 Akinkugbe et al [61] 1974 Reported on the experience with beta blockers in hypertension management 21 Aderele [86] 1974 Documented on hypertension in Nigerian children 22 Akinkugbe [87] 1976 Studied blood pressure in non-pregnant women 23 Falase et al [70] 1976 Demonstrated lack of effect of low dose prazosin in hypertensive Nigerians 24 Etta et al [88] 1976 Assessed the relation of blood pressure to indices of obesity 25 Olatunbosun et al [89] 1976 Evaluated the relation of blood pressure to heavy metals 26 Jain et al [90] 1977 Reported on the incidence of hypertension in Abuth Zaria 27 Akinkugbe et al [62] 1977 Conducted a biracial study of blood pressure in school children 28 Olatunde et al [91] 1977 Trial of beta blockers in hypertensive Nigerians 29 Osuntokun et al [75,…”