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Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors

BACKGROUND: There is an increase of obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors worldwide, but especially in developing countries where multifaceted transitions are occurring. There is need for more evidence for the cardio-metabolic effect of changing lifestyles and urbanization in Nigeria. This s...

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Autores principales: Adediran, Olufemi Sola, Adebayo, Philip Babatunde, Akintunde, Adeseye Abiodun
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3620708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23537291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-123
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author Adediran, Olufemi Sola
Adebayo, Philip Babatunde
Akintunde, Adeseye Abiodun
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Adebayo, Philip Babatunde
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description BACKGROUND: There is an increase of obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors worldwide, but especially in developing countries where multifaceted transitions are occurring. There is need for more evidence for the cardio-metabolic effect of changing lifestyles and urbanization in Nigeria. This study aimed at defining rural–urban differences in anthropometric parameters in two Nigerian communities of the same ancestral origin and to determine the cardiovascular risk correlates of these anthropometric measurements. This was a cross-sectional epidemiological study using stratified cluster sampling method. We studied 335 and 332 urban and rural dwellers respectively. A complete cardiovascular profile as well as anthropometric measurements was compared between the two populations. RESULTS: All anthropometric indices considered in this study (weight, BMI, waist circumference, waist circumference/height ratio, abdominal height; biceps, triceps, sub-scapular, abdominal, superior iliac skinfold thicknesses) were significantly higher in urban than in the rural population (p = <0.001). Overweight, obesity and hypertension were significantly prevalent among the urban population (p = <0.001) while there was no significant difference in the prevalence of dyslipidaemia (p = 0.096) and diabetes (p = 0.083) between the two cohorts. Females tend to have a higher chance of obesity than males although there was no gender difference in waist circumference and central skin fold thickness in the rural population. Age was the significant predictor of systolic blood pressure among the rural (R(2) = 0.157, β = 0.258, p = 0.016) and urban female population (R(2) = 0.201, β = 0.351, p = <0.001) while Abdominal height (R(2) = 0.16, β = 0.281, p = 0.001) and waist circumference (R(2) = 0.064 β = 0.064, p = .003) were predictors of systolic blood pressure in urban and rural men respectively. CONCLUSION: Anthropometric indices were significantly higher among the urban than the rural populations. Cardiovascular risks were equally more prevalent among the urban population. Appropriate health education and lifestyle modification strategies may reduce the increased burden of cardiovascular risk factors associated with rural–urban migration.
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spelling pubmed-36207082013-04-10 Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors Adediran, Olufemi Sola Adebayo, Philip Babatunde Akintunde, Adeseye Abiodun BMC Res Notes Research Article BACKGROUND: There is an increase of obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors worldwide, but especially in developing countries where multifaceted transitions are occurring. There is need for more evidence for the cardio-metabolic effect of changing lifestyles and urbanization in Nigeria. This study aimed at defining rural–urban differences in anthropometric parameters in two Nigerian communities of the same ancestral origin and to determine the cardiovascular risk correlates of these anthropometric measurements. This was a cross-sectional epidemiological study using stratified cluster sampling method. We studied 335 and 332 urban and rural dwellers respectively. A complete cardiovascular profile as well as anthropometric measurements was compared between the two populations. RESULTS: All anthropometric indices considered in this study (weight, BMI, waist circumference, waist circumference/height ratio, abdominal height; biceps, triceps, sub-scapular, abdominal, superior iliac skinfold thicknesses) were significantly higher in urban than in the rural population (p = <0.001). Overweight, obesity and hypertension were significantly prevalent among the urban population (p = <0.001) while there was no significant difference in the prevalence of dyslipidaemia (p = 0.096) and diabetes (p = 0.083) between the two cohorts. Females tend to have a higher chance of obesity than males although there was no gender difference in waist circumference and central skin fold thickness in the rural population. Age was the significant predictor of systolic blood pressure among the rural (R(2) = 0.157, β = 0.258, p = 0.016) and urban female population (R(2) = 0.201, β = 0.351, p = <0.001) while Abdominal height (R(2) = 0.16, β = 0.281, p = 0.001) and waist circumference (R(2) = 0.064 β = 0.064, p = .003) were predictors of systolic blood pressure in urban and rural men respectively. CONCLUSION: Anthropometric indices were significantly higher among the urban than the rural populations. Cardiovascular risks were equally more prevalent among the urban population. Appropriate health education and lifestyle modification strategies may reduce the increased burden of cardiovascular risk factors associated with rural–urban migration. BioMed Central 2013-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3620708/ /pubmed/23537291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-123 Text en Copyright © 2013 Adediran et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Adediran, Olufemi Sola
Adebayo, Philip Babatunde
Akintunde, Adeseye Abiodun
Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors
title Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors
title_full Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors
title_fullStr Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors
title_full_unstemmed Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors
title_short Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors
title_sort anthropometric differences among natives of abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3620708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23537291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-123
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