Stroke is no longer just an older person’s disease. Experts in a new study revealed that high blood pressure is the leading cause of stroke among young adults in Northern Nigeria, raising fresh concerns about a silent health crisis affecting people in their most productive years.
The researchers at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina had reviewed the medical records of adults aged 18 to 45 who were diagnosed with stroke between January 2023 and December 2025, and found that more than half (52.8 per cent) had hypertension, making it the single biggest risk factor for stroke in the age group.
The findings were published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Cureus in a study titled “Hypertension as the Leading Cause of Stroke in Young Adults in a Northern Nigerian Hospital: A Retrospective Study.”
Conducted by Dr Somadila A. Igboanugo, Dr Deborah O. Adeyemo, Dr Oboghene S. Olori, and Dr Zinat A.
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