Abstract
Arterial blood pressures were measured in 716 Nigerian women (age 35–54 years). Menopausal or postmenopausal women had higher mean blood pressure levels and were more apt to be hypertensive than the age-matched premenopausal counterparts. Irrespective of menopausal status, women in the high socio-economic class had higher pressure levels than those in the low social class but within the low socio-economic class menopausal or postmenopausal women had a higher prevalence of hypertension than the age-matched premenopausal women. Our data suggest that the prevalence of menopausal hypertension in the Nigerian female (age 40–49 years) is higher in the low than in the high socio-economic class.
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