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ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2020

Clustering of Elevated Blood Pressure, Elevated Blood Glucose, and Abdominal Obesity Among Adults in Dire Dawa: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Melkamu Merid Mengesha, Behailu Hawulte Ayele, Addisu Shunu Beyene, Hirbo Shore Roba

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Article in Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Melkamu Merid MengeshaHaramaya University, College of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harar, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0003-4312-0136
Behailu Hawulte AyeleHaramaya University, College of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Harar, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-6023-7542
Addisu Shunu BeyeneHaramaya University, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Harar, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-9706-7441
Hirbo Shore RobaHaramaya University, College of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harar, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0003-2454-5200
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Abstract

backgroundEvidence shows that the presence of a single component of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) increases the risk of developing the MetS later in life. This study estimated the prevalence and associated factors of abdominal obesity, elevated blood pressure, elevated blood glucose, and the 3-factor MetS components among urban adults in Dire Dawa, East Ethiopia.

methodsCommunity-based cross-sectional data were collected from 872 adults aged 25-64 years. The joint interim statement (JIS) was used to define the MetS components. The dependent outcome variables were both the individual and the 3-factor MetS components. A robust variance Poisson regression model was used to directly estimate the prevalence ratio (PR) of risk factors.

resultsThe prevalence of the 3-factor MetS components (abdominal obesity, elevated blood pressure, and elevated blood glucose) was 9.5% (95% CI: 7.7, 11.7). Women had two times higher prevalence of the 3-factor MetS components compared with men, 11.6% (95% CI: 9.2, 14.5) vs 5.2% (95% CI: 3.2, 8.5). A higher prevalence of abdominal obesity, 46.4% (95% CI: 43.1, 49.8), followed by a raised blood pressure, 42.7% (95% CI: 39.4, 46.0), was observed among study subjects. The presence of a single MetS component had an associated cluster of other components: 33.7% of subjects with elevated blood glucose, 22.3% with elevated blood pressure, and 20.5% with abdominal obesity had also the 3-factor MetS components. Age, sex, body mass index, waist circumference, and physical activity were significantly associated with the individual components or the 3-factor MetS components.

conclusionA higher prevalence of the individual components and the presence of clustering with a single factor identified call for the need of community screening. Interventions targeting both abdominal and general obesity through physical activity and lifestyle modification can contribute towards reducing cardiometabolic risk factors with due attention given to women and older adults.

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abdominal obesityelevated blood glucoseelevated blood pressuremetabolic syndrome componentsphysical activity

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