A worksite study of hypertension prevalence was carried out in a
university community in Southwestern Nigeria. Overall crude prevalence
was 21% in the respondent population. About 16% of these were already
on treatment with medicines. The study established no significant
(p>0.05) relationship between coffee consumption and hypertension.
Prevalence was 32% in subjects with over 3 children, while among
subjects with eye problem, diabetics and those who took local kola nuts
and it was 18.6%, 1.9% and 7.4%, respectively. There is need for
increased awareness of the disease and other cardiovascular risk
factors within the populace and to encourage the possession or
provision of self-measurement blood pressure devices
