Azuamah, Y. C.Amadi, A. N.Esenwah, E. C.Agu, G. C.Okorie, M. E.2026-06-052026-06-052015Azuamah, Y. C., Amadi, A. N., Esenwah, E. C., Agu, G. C. & Okorie, M. E. (2015). Co-occurrence of systemic hypertension and glaucoma in Southeast Nigeria. International Journal of Research, 3(2), 704-711e-2348-6848p-2348-795Xhttp://internationaljournalofresearch.org/https://repository.futo.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14562/2825This article contains figures and tablesThe co-occurrence of systemic hypertension and glaucoma was investigated in rural communities of southeast Nigeria. Four hundred and forty six subjects were examined of which 186 (41.7%) were males and 260 (58.3%) were females. Three hundred and forty of the subjects had either hypertension, glaucoma or both. From this number, 183 (53.82%) subjects had hypertension, 157 (46.18%) had glaucoma and 106 (31.17%) had both hypertension and glaucoma. Among the subjects with hypertension, 46.99% were males and 53.01% were females. For the subjects with glaucoma,there were 42.04 % males and 57.96% females. For the subjects who had both hypertension and glaucoma, 44.34% were males and 55.66% were females. Proper awareness and health education campaigns toward mitigating the impact of hypertension and glaucoma was recommended.enAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalHypertensionglaucomablood pressureintra ocular pressureDepartment of OptometryArticle