Prevalence of Hypertension among Postmenopausal Women in Enugu Nigeria

This work aims at finding the factors which predisposes women who have attained menopause (in Nigeria) to the risk of developing hypertension. Factors such as Body Mass Index(BMI) Waist-hip ratio percentage body compositions family history physical activity levels etc were obtained from subjects and analysed to determine their relationship to the risk of developing hypertension.The findings obtained showed a significant association between the aforementioned factors and the risk of developing hypertension in these women.