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

Table 1 Events in the first 21 years of blood pressure and hypertension research in Nigeria (1961-1981)

No.	Author	Year	Comments
1	Abrahams et al[11]	1961	First population based study of blood pressure in the country. Studied the systemic blood pressure of rural Nigerians resident in Ilora
2	Monekosso[82]	1964	Reported some cases in a clinical survey of a village in South West Nigeria
3	Smith[28]	1966	Studied blood pressure of urban inhabitants in Lagos
4	Akinkugbe[56]	1968	Documented the rarity of hypertensive retinopathy in Nigerians
5	Akinkugbe et al[57]	1968	Reported on the rarer causes of hypertension in Nigeria
6	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[75,76]	1977	Demonstrated through hospital registry and population based studies that hypertension is a major risk factor for stroke in Nigeria
30	Abdurrahman et al[92]	1978	Studied blood pressure in school children in Northern Nigeria
31	Mabadeje[93]	1979	Conducted a trial of chlorthalidone in hypertensive Nigerians
32	Falase et al[71,72]	1979	Documented poor response of hypertensive Nigerians to Beta blockers monotherapy
33	Alakija[94]	1979	Pilot study of hypertension in Benin City
34	Abengowe et al[95]	1980	Reported on the pattern of hypertension in Northern Savannah
35	Oviasu et al[32-35]	1980	Document on blood pressure and hypertension in urban city of Benin/ Occupational factors in hypertension
36	Ladipo[96]	1981	Carried out a study on hypertensive retinopathy in Ile-Ife