The impact of sex on blood pressure and anthropometry trajectories from early adulthood in a Nigerian population: insights into women's cardiovascular disease risk across the lifespan.
Oluseyi AdegokeOluwadamilola O OjoObianuju Beatrice OzohAyesha O AkinkugbeIfedayo A OdeniyiBabawale T BelloOsigwe P AgabiNjideka U OkubadejoPublished in: BMC women's health (2022)
Our population demonstrates sex disparity in trajectories of SBP, PP, BMI and WC with age; with steeper rise in females. There is a need to focus on CV risk reduction in females, starting before, or during early adulthood.