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ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2019

Pattern of Obesity Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes at a Tertiary Healthcare Center in Northern Nigeria.

Ibrahim D Gezawa, Andrew E Uloko, Baffa A Gwaram, Daiyabu A Ibrahim, Ejiofor T Ugwu, Idris Y Mohammed

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Article in Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Ibrahim D GezawaDepartment of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
Andrew E UlokoDepartment of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-3747-0300
Baffa A GwaramDepartment of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
Daiyabu A IbrahimDepartment of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
Ejiofor T UgwuDepartment of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-6763-1961
Idris Y MohammedDepartment of Chemical Pathology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-4856-218X
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital · NGEnugu State University of Science and Technology · NG

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Abstract

purposeType 2 diabetes poses a major global health threat both in the developed and developing countries. Factors responsible for the soaring epidemic of T2DM in the developing countries include urbanization, ageing population, physical inactivity and increasing obesity rates. Our aim was to determine the pattern of obesity among patients with T2DM at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano, Northwestern Nigeria. PATIENTS AND

methodsWe consecutively recruited 220 patients with type 2 diabetes attending the diabetes clinic of AKTH for the study. Patients with Type 1 diabetes, patients who could not stand or are wheelchair bound and pregnant women were excluded from the study. A pretested questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics, treatment history for diabetes and history of hypertension from each participant.

resultsOf the 220 patients recruited for this study, 97(44.1%) were men, while 123(55.9%) were women. The prevalence of generalized obesity among the study participants was 27.4% (women -30.9% vs men- 22.7%, X

conclusionThe prevalence of obesity in our cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes was high. The predominant form of obesity was central obesity, which was most prevalent when indexed by WHR. The WhtR was as good as the WHR, but fared better than WC in detecting central obesity in our patients.

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central obesityNigeriansobesityprevalencetype 2 diabetes

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