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ArticleMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Not a 'Straitjacket Affair': Anthropometrically Derived Obesity Index Correlates of Elevated Blood Pressure among University Undergraduates.

Chukwunonso E C C Ejike, Patricia O Ukegbu

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Article in Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Chukwunonso E C C EjikeDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, PMB 1010 Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. nonsoejikeecc@yahoo.com.
Patricia O UkegbuDepartment of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, PMB 7267 Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. ukegbu.patricia@gmail.com.
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture · NG

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Abstract

Obesity is known to correlate with measures of blood pressure (BP). The nature of the correlations has, however, remained a subject of scientific enquiry, especially when BP phenotypes are disaggregated and obesity is determined by a variety of methods. This study examined the relationship between obesity and BP in young-adult Nigerians. A total of 1610 subjects (53.9% females) were recruited from five universities in the Igbo-speaking part of Nigeria. Relevant BP and anthropometric data were obtained following standard protocols. Appropriate statistical tools were used for data analyses. The results show that 42.2% (49.5% males, 36.1% females) and 13.3% (15.2% males, 11.6% females) of the population had point prehypertension and hypertension, respectively. By body mass index (BMI) standards, 20.6% (12.4% males, 27.5% females) of the population were overweight/obese. Despite the weak positive and significant correlations between BP and the measures of obesity in both males and females in the general population (

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anthropometryblood pressurecorrelationshypertensionobesityoverweight

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