Methods A community based descriptive cross-sectional study. Adults aged 18 years and
above residing in the rural communities who attended a free medical outreach programme
were screened for hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Data were collected using a
structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Results Of the 845 participants, 349
(41.3%) were aged 50-69 years, 263 (31.1%) were males, and 305 (36.1%) were farmers.
Overweight and obesity were found in 184 (21.8%) and 90 (10.6%) of them respectively. The …

This is a review of the article titled" The burden of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in rural
communities in southern Nigeria" written by the duo of Alphonsus Rukevwe Isara & Patrick
Otamere Okundia as published in the journal Pan African Medical Journal of February,
2015, volume 20: page 103, with DOI number; doi: 10.11604/pamj. 2015.20. 103.5619, and
accessed from, http://www. panafrican-medjournal. com/content/article/20/103/full/. The
review covered the evaluation of related literature, the structure of the article, authority …