The Relationship Between Obesity And Blood Pressure And The Prevalence Of Hypertiuglyceridemic Waist Phenotype In A Nigerian Male Undergraduate Population

ABSTRACT

The increasing rate of blood pressure in a male undergraduate population was investigated and their blood pressures, body mass index, waist circumference and triacyiglycerol level were measured and normotensive, pre- hypertensive and hypertension subjects were defined according to international recommendations. Scattered curve analyses were used to represent the relationship between BMI and (pre)hypertension in this population, the Sub- Saharan Africa standard was used in the detennination of hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype in the population. 42.69% of the total population were normotensive and had a mean BMI value of 22.71 + 6.84, and a mean SBP of 109.60 ± 9.53 and a mean DBP value of 76.50 ± 9.38, while 53.34% were pre- hypertensive and had a mean BMI value of 23.53 ± 13.98, and a mean SBP of 126.54 ± 4.94 and a mean DBP value of 78.21 ± 8.01, and 3.97% were hypertensive population had a mean BMI value of 22.62 ± 2.31, and a mean SBP of 144.63 ± 5.46 and a mean DBP value of 86.82 ± 9.06, two percent had the hyprtriglyceridernic waist phenotype. It was concluded that BMI is linearly correlated with elevated blood pressures.