Correlation of anthropometric indices with fasting blood glucose and blood pressure among university students in Kano, Nigeria

Gwarzo, Isyaku Mukhtar; Adam, Mabaruka Nasir; Wali, Nafisa Yusuf; Ibrahim, Salisu Ahmed

doi:10.4103/njbcs.njbcs_38_19

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“…Less than 5% were in stage I hypertension which was similar to 2.8% obtained by Olatona et al (2018) and lower than 5.3% of Okafor et al (2018) on Nigerian students. Both systolic and diastolic prehypertension and stage I hypertension were higher in males than females, this result was similar to the results of previous studies (Ukegbu et al, 2017;Maduka et al, 2017;Alhawari et al, 2018;Agwo & Adewumi, 2020;Gwarzo et al, 2020;Eze & Kadiri, 2020). Elevated BP was more prevalence among students that received low monthly allowance and those that were overweight/obese.…”

Section: Blood Pressuresupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Recent studies on university students still showed high prevalence of overweight and obesity. A 40% prevalence of overweight/obesity was recorded among private university students in Southwest Nigeria (Kayode & Alabi, 2020) and 31% obesity prevalence was found among students of public university in Northern Nigeria (Gwarzo et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…In Egypt and Ghana, more than 50% of university students were hypertensive (Moussa et al, 2016;Gyamfi et al, 2018). Studies in Nigeria among university students found hypertension to be higher in males than in females (Gwarzo et al, 2020;Ezeh & Kadiri, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Feeding habits, Overweight, Obesity and Hypertension and Associated Factors among Polytechnic Students in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria

Dada

Igbe

2020

JMRH

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Overweight and obesity is a risk factor to chronic non-communicable diseases. This study assessed level of overweight/obesity and blood pressure among students of a higher institution in Southwest Nigeria. This cross-section study involved 300 students of a public higher institution in Ado-Ekiti, Southwest, Nigeria. A validated self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on personal characteristics, feeding pattern and lifestyle of the students. Body Mass Index (BMI) was categorized into normal weight (BMI<25) and overweight/obesity (BMI ≥ 25). Waist circumference and waist-hip-ratio (WHR) were classified as normal and at risk. Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥ 90 mmHg. Chi square test was used to establish relationship between variables at 5% level of significance. The mean age of the students was 22.25 years and 62.8% were above 20years. Monthly allowanceless than ₦30000.00 was received by 64.4% of the students, 47.3% skipped breakfast meal, 96% consumed carbonated soft drinks and 37.1% did not engaged in physical exercise. Prevalence of general obesity was 17.1% (BMI≥25); 7% and 15.5% were at risk of abdominal and central obesity respectively. Students in systolic pre-hypertension and stage I hypertension were 33.3% and 3% respectively whereas 15.5% and 2.4% were in diastolic pre-hypertension and stage I hypertension respectively. Female gender, monthly allowance less than ₦30000.00 and adolescent stage were associated with obesity. Older age, male gender and monthly allowance less than ₦30000.00 were associated with BP. Nutrition education is recommended for this population group.

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Section: Blood Pressuresupporting

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Feeding habits, Overweight, Obesity and Hypertension and Associated Factors among Polytechnic Students in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria

Dada

Igbe

2020

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“…8 , 24 There seems to be a general consensus that the prevalence of CVD risk factors among adolescents and young adults is rising largely due to changing lifestyle patterns and poor perception and awareness of the dangers such risk factors may pose in the future. Unhealthy dietary habits coupled with sedentary lifestyle among young adults have led to the rising local, 25 regional, 26 and global 27 prevalence of overweight and obesity with attendant consequences on other major CVD risk factors. This calls for the formulation of policies and guidelines for effective screening, early detection, and proper treatment of major CVD risk factors among university students, and indeed young adults generally, who are now being considered as a high-risk population, 28 if the new initiative for prevention of CVD risk factors by the WHO is to be successful.…”

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Prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among undergraduate students in Kano Nigeria: A need for action

Mukhtar

Abdullahi

Muhammad

et al. 2022

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences

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“…The prevalence for overweight and obesity in this study were 18.7 and 7.2% respectively. Similar studies carried out majorly among undergraduates to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Nigerian universities recorded prevalence rates of 16.2% and 4.8% [34] and 25% and 11% [35] respectively. This nding aligns with the overall prevalence for overweight and obesity in a multi-centre study among low-middle income countries including Nigeria which were 22% and 5.8% [12] and in Ghana, 25.8% and 5.9% respectively [36] In this study, overweight and obesity had signi cant relationships with the older age group, being female and undergoing postgraduate training.…”

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Temporal Trends in Obesity and Chronic disease risks among Young Adults: a 10-year Review at a Tertiary institution, Nigeria

Oluwasanu

Akinyemi

Oluwasanu

et al. 2021

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BackgroundThere is an increasing prevalence of obesity among college/university students in developing countries similar to the trend being observed in industrialized countries. Of great concern is the persistence of weight gain among this young population with the risk of being overweight and obese increasing with years of study and till adulthood. The aim of this study is to describe the trend and burden of overweight/obesity and emerging associated chronic disease risks among adolescents and young adults at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.MethodThis is a 10-year retrospective review of medical records of students (undergraduate and post-graduate) admitted between 2009 and 2018 at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. A total of 60,168 participants were analysed. The Body mass index (BMI) categories were determined according to WHO standard definitions and blood pressure was classified according to the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC7) ResultThe mean age of the study participants was 24.8, SD 8.4 years. A large majority was ≤ 40 years (95.1%). There was a slight male preponderance (51.5%) with a male to female ratio of 1.1:1; undergraduate students constituted 51.9%. The prevalence of BMI categories was underweight (10.5%), overweight and obesity 18.7% and 7.2% respectively. We found significant association between overweight/obesity and older age, being female and undergoing postgraduate study (p = 0.01). Furthermore, females had a higher burden of coexisting abnormal BMI characterized by co-occurrence of underweight, overweight and obesity. Hypertension was the most prevalent obesity-associated non-communicable disease in this study with a prevalence of 8.1%. Also, a third of the study population (35.1%) had prehypertension. Hypertension is significantly associated with age, male sex, overweight/obesity and family history of hypertension. Other rare obesity-associated diseases include asthma, diabetes, dyslipidemia, osteoarthritis and gallstones.ConclusionThis study identified rising trends in the prevalence of obesity, a double burden of malnutrition among the study population and the emergence of non-communicable disease risks with a lifelong implication on their health and concomitant burden on the healthcare system. Cost-effective interventions are urgently needed at the secondary and tertiary-level educational institutions to address these issues.

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Correlation of anthropometric indices with fasting blood glucose and blood pressure among university students in Kano, Nigeria

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

Feeding habits, Overweight, Obesity and Hypertension and Associated Factors among Polytechnic Students in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria

Feeding habits, Overweight, Obesity and Hypertension and Associated Factors among Polytechnic Students in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria

Prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among undergraduate students in Kano Nigeria: A need for action

Temporal Trends in Obesity and Chronic disease risks among Young Adults: a 10-year Review at a Tertiary institution, Nigeria

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