Relationship of Waist-Hip Ratio and Body Mass Index to Blood Pressure of Individuals in Ibadan North Local Government

Sanya, AO; Ogwumike, Omoyemi Olubunmi; Ige, AP; Ayanniyi, OA

doi:10.4314/ajprs.v1i1.51306

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“…It was observed that 59.2% of the female respondents and 8.5% of the male respondents were abdominally obese. The mean age reported in this was slightly less than the mean age of 29.44 ± 16.85 years reported by Sanya et al at Ibadan, Nigeria 21 and 31.1 ± 0.45 years recorded by Rajasthan et al in India 22 while working independently on a similar topic. The observed discrepancies in the mean ages could be attributed to the variation in the age groups of different target populations.…”

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Correlation between central obesity and blood pressure in an adult Nigerian population

Onuoha

Ebirim

Ajonuma

et al. 2016

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Background: Obesity has been recognised as a major risk factor in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of central obesity [using waist–hip ratio (WHR) as an indicator] and the correlation between central obesity and blood pressure (BP) in adults seen in a Nigerian tertiary health facility.Materials and methods: The study was a cross-sectional design carried out between February and November 2015 at the General Outpatient Clinic of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Nigeria. A total of 482 consenting adults aged 16–40 years formed the study population. Consecutive sampling was used in the recruitment of subjects, whereas data were collected by the use of an interviewer-administered questionnaire.Results: The mean age of the study population was 25.37 ± 5.49, whereas the mean WHR for men and women was 0.83 ± 0.04 and 0.82 ± 0.05, respectively. The prevalence of central obesity in the study population was 39.4% (n = 190). Female respondents had a higher prevalence (59.2%) than male respondents (8.5%), and the relationship between central obesity and sex was statistically significant (p = 0.001). Correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between WHR and BP (diastolic BP: r = 0.122, p = 0.008; systolic BP: r = 0.015, p = 0.742) in both sexes. Obese respondents were observed to be more likely to develop hypertension than the non-obese respondents.Conclusion: This study showed a correlation between central obesity and BP in adults aged 16–40 years.

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Correlation between central obesity and blood pressure in an adult Nigerian population

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“…29 Similarly, some reports have shown a positive association between WHR and hypertension. 30 However, Egbi et al found a better correlation between waist circumference and hypertension. 27 Smokers were four times more likely to be hypertensive compared with non-smokers in this study.…”

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Prevalence of hypertension and associated factors in a rural community in Bayelsa State

Egbi

Ogoina²,

Oyeyemi

2018

Int J Res Med Sci

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Background: Hypertension is considered among the most common non-communicable diseases globally with significant morbidity and mortality. Closely related to it is pre-hypertension, a category between hypertension and normotension which is believed to be a forerunner to hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Hypertension has been on the increase in recent times, even in rural communities which were previously less affected. The study was carried during the world health day as a screening exercise to determine the prevalence of hypertension and its associated factors in a rural community.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Ogboloma village, a small rural community in Bayelsa State, Ngeria Consecutive sampling of all eligible participants who presented for the screening exercise was done. Socio-demographic data, clinical history, anthropometry and blood pressure were taken. Data was stored and analyzed using SPSS version 20.0.Results: One hundred and thirty-one participants completed the study. There were 49(37.4%) males. The prevalence of hypertension was 50.4% while pre-hypertension was found in another 41.2%. Factors associated with hypertension on univariate analysis were age (p <0.001) body mass index (p=0.038) waist hip ratio (p=0.008) hyperglycemia (p=0.030) and smoking (p=0.009) However, only age (p=0.004) and smoking (p=0.037) remained significant on multivariate analysis.Conclusions: Hypertension and Pre-hypertension were highly prevalent in this rural community. Age and smoking were significant predictors of hypertension. Hypertension screening and control programmes should therefore target rural communities and smokers.

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“…Studies have shown strong association between these indices and metabolic complications of obesity and cardiovascular risks in adults, children and different ethnic groups (Sanya et al, 2009;Falaschetti et al, 2010;Palacio et al, 2011). Most of the studied groups were obese adults; this study demonstrated that waist-height ratio was statistically superior to BMI, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio for indentifying hypertension among non obese adults.…”

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“…Although, waist circumference (Janssen et al, 2004), BMI (Sanya et al, 2009) and weight-height ratio (Cai et al, 2013) have been shown to be associated with hypertension in some age groups, to the best of our knowledge, no data is available for the non obese adults of Zaria, Northern Nigeria. In the present study we assessed the associations of adiposity measures to hypertension risk and analyzed various anthropometric indices as predictors of hypertension, among non obese adults of Zaria in Kaduna state, Northern Nigeria.…”

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“…This is because increased body fat is accompanied by profound changes in the physiological and metabolic functions of the body, which are directly dependent on the degree of excess weight and on its distribution around the body (Sanya et al, 2009). The concept of the metabolically obese normal weight individual is based on the observation that these same characteristics may be found in normal weight individuals with disorders often associated with obesity (St-Onge et al, 2004;Tsai, 2009).…”

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Correlation of obesity indicies and blood pressure among non obese adults in Zaria, Northern Nigeria

Sharaye¹,

Olorunshola²,

Ayo³

et al. 2014

J. Public Health Epidemiol.

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Epidemiological studies from different populations have reported significant association between different anthropometric indicators and hypertension in obese adults but few data are available for the non obese adults of this study population. This study assessed the association between adiposity measures and hypertension risk and analyzed various anthropometric indices (body mass index (BMI), waist-height ratio, waist-hip ratio, waist and hip circumferences) as predictors of hypertension among non obese adults of Samaru, a suburb of Zaria in Kaduna state, Nigeria. The study protocol was duly approved by the Ethical committee of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria. This cross sectional study examined a total of 174 non obese adults, 35 to 70 years of age (male, 91; female, 83) who were randomly selected for the study. All subjects were normotensive, non obese and refrained from taking any medications known to influence energy regulation. Normal-weight BMI was defined as a range of 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m 2 and overweight BMI ≤ 27 kg/m 2 was considered in the study. Descriptive statistics, partial correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to determine the relationship between anthropometric measurements and blood pressure parameters, after controlling for age. Results showed significant (p ≤ 0.05) relationships between the systolic blood pressure (BP), diastolic blood pressure (BP) as well as mean arterial blood pressure (BP) and the indices of adiposity in male (waist circumference, BMI and waist-height ratio) than in female (waist-height ratio) group. Waist-height ratio was the most important and consistent index of adiposity that associated with the hypertensive risk in both male and female non obese adult groups, particularly with systolic BP. It then means that a decrease in intra-abdominal fat could reduce blood pressure and should be a target in the management of hypertension.

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Relationship of Waist-Hip Ratio and Body Mass Index to Blood Pressure of Individuals in Ibadan North Local Government

Cited by 13 publications

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Correlation between central obesity and blood pressure in an adult Nigerian population

Correlation between central obesity and blood pressure in an adult Nigerian population

Prevalence of hypertension and associated factors in a rural community in Bayelsa State

Correlation of obesity indicies and blood pressure among non obese adults in Zaria, Northern Nigeria

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