Magnitude and gender distribution of obesity and abdominal adiiposity in Nigerians with type 2 diabetes mellitus
| dc.contributor.author | Fasanmade, O.A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Okubadejo, N.U | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-13T13:20:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-13T13:20:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description | Staff publications | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Obesity and abdominal adiposity are associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity in diabetes. This study evaluated their magnitude and gender distribution in Nigerians with Type 2 DM attending a tertiary care clinic. Patients and Methods: 258 consecutive patients with type 2 DM were evaluated. Base line characteristics (gender, age, duration of DM), weight, height, waist circumference (WC), and hip circumference were recorded. Body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratios (WHR), and waist-to-height ratios (WHtR) were calculated for each patient. Results: Despite similar demographics (mean age and duration of DM), the prevalence of of DM was significantly higher in females (35/135 i.e.25.9% compared to 13/123 i.e. 10.6% in males) (χ2; P=0.007). Median BMI (27.1 v. 25.6), WHtR (0.58 v. 0.54), and frequency of elevated WC (71.9% v. 21.1%) and elevated WHR (94.1% v. 49.6%) were all significantly higher in females compared to males (P<0.05). Amongst obese persons, the magnitude of obesity and abdominal adiposity was also significantly higher in females as exemplified by median BMI (females: 34.3 v. males 31.6; P=0.014) and median WHtR (0.70 v. 0.64; P=0.0016). Conclusions: The evident gender disparity of obesity and abdominal adiposity in females with type 2 DM represented by this cohort buttresses the need to focus on obesity management in African women with DM as a special at-risk group in order to minimize the potential for adverse cardiovascular outcome . | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Fasanmade OA, Okubadejo NU.Magnitude and gender distribution of obesity and abdominal adiiposity in Nigerians with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice 2007;10(1):52-57 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 11193077 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/7098 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Medknow | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice;Vol.10(1) | |
| dc.subject | Obesity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Abdominal adiposity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Type 2 diabetes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nigerians | en_US |
| dc.subject | Africans | en_US |
| dc.subject | Females | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE | en_US |
| dc.title | Magnitude and gender distribution of obesity and abdominal adiiposity in Nigerians with type 2 diabetes mellitus | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |