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Frequency of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adult Nigerians with Family History of Non-Communicable Cardiovascular Disease in a Primary Care Clinic of a Tertiary Hospital in a Resource-Constrained Environment of Eastern Nigeria

Background: Cardiovascular (CV) risk factors tend to cluster in persons with family history of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) with variable distribution and penetrance. Screening adult Nigerians with immutable family history of CVD for other conventional CV risk factors is an important primary care challenge that is often neglected especially in resource-constrained settings. Aim: This study was designed to determine the frequency of cardiovascular risk factors in adult Nigerians with family history of non-communicable cardiovascular disease in a primary care clinic of a tertiary hospital in a resource-constrained environment of Eastern Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A descriptive facility-based study carried out on 440 consecutive adult Nigerians with family history of at least one of the major non-communicable CVDs in Nigeria who were …

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