Are lifestyle cardiovascular disease risk factors associated with pre-hypertension in 15–18 years rural Nigerian youth? A cross sectional study
| Autor: | Karen Grimmer, Quinette Louw, Nse A Odunaiya |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Odunaiya, NA, Louw, QA, Grimmer, KA |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Rural Population Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cross-sectional study Nigeria Blood Pressure Overweight Adolescents Prehypertension Body Mass Index Waist–hip ratio Risk Factors pre hypertension Environmental health Prevalence medicine Humans Rural adolescents Life Style Lifestyle CVD risk factors Waist-Hip Ratio business.industry Public health Feeding Behavior lifestyle CVD risk factors medicine.disease Obesity Pre hypertension Cross-Sectional Studies Blood pressure Female rural medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Body mass index Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders |
| ISSN: | 1471-2261 |
| Popis: | Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a public health concern worldwide. Hypertensive heart disease is predominant in Nigeria. To effectively reduce CVD in Nigeria, the prevalence of, and factors associated with, pre-hypertension in Nigerian youth first need to be established. Methods A locally-validated CVD risk factor survey was completed by 15–18 year olds in a rural setting in south-west Nigeria. Body Mass Index (BMI), waist-hip ratio and systolic and diastolic blood pressure was measured. Putative risk factors were tested in gender-specific hypothesized causal pathways for overweight/obesity, and for pre-hypertension. Results Of 1079 participants, prevalence of systolic pre-hypertension was 33.2 %, diastolic pre-hypertension prevalence approximated 5 %, and hypertension occurred in less than 10 % sample. There were no gender differences in prevalence of pre- hypertension, and significant predictors of systolic pre-hypertension (high BMI and older age) were identified. Considering high BMI, older age was a risk for both genders, whilst fried food preference was female-only risk, and low breakfast cereal intake was a male-only risk. Conclusion Rural Nigerian adolescents are at-risk of future CVD because of lifestyle factors, and high prevalence of systolic pre-hypertension. Relevant interventions can now be proposed to reduce BMI and thus ameliorate future rural adult Nigerian CVD. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12872-015-0134-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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