The Statistical Analysis Of The Effects Of Some Factors Influencing Hypertension (a Case Study Of University Of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (uith), Ilorin) 2007 – 2012

ABSTRACTThis 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 correlation coefficient – measuring association, and the Z-test statistic –testing for proportion, were used in this res…