THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING HYPERTENSION (A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN TEACHING HOSPITAL (UITH), ILORIN) 2007 – 2012
ABSTRACT This research work examines the effects of some factors influencing Hypertension, and the data used was obtained from the case-hypertensive patients’ record at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (2007 - 2012). Basically, the target of this research are patients of infections/diseases (e. g. HIV/AIDS) that later developed hypertension. The Pearson’s Chi-square test statistic – testing for independence, the Odds ratio, Relative risk and Pearson’s product moment correlat...