Afolabi , Israel Sunmola and Chinedu, S. N. and Iweala, E. E. J. and Ogunlana, Olubanke Olujoke and Azuh, Dominic E. (2015) Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure in a Semi-urban Community in Ota, Nigeria. Food and Public Health, 5 (5). pp. 157-163.
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Abstract
This study was designed to establish the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) in an increasingly industrialised town in Nigeria due to the rising prevalence of hypertension in non-industrialised countries. Factors associated with BMI and BP levels were determined in three hundred adult male and female subjects in Ota community of Ogun State, Nigeria. The levels of the overweight among the male and female subjects were 53.03% and 47.37% respectively. The levels of hypertensive male and female subjects were 40.91% and 35.34% respectively. The overweight and underweight among the hypertensive male were 54.29% and 0% respectively; while the overweight and underweight among the hypertensive female were 42.86% and 28.57% respectively. Hypertension among the overweight, and hypotension among the underweight, are major health concern in Ota that requires intensive medical care.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Body mass index, Overweight, Underweight, Age, Diastolic, Systolic, Blood pressure, Hypertension, Hypotension, Gender, Health |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory Q Science > QH Natural history |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2018 09:36 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2018 09:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/11158 |
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