Senbanjo I O, Oshikoya K A
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
Cardiovasc J Afr. 2012 Jun;23(5):260-4. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2011-037. Epub 2011 Oct 28.
We determined the prevalence of general and central obesity and their relationship with blood pressure levels among adolescents in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
We selected 423 adolescents from seven schools in Abeokuta, Nigeria, using a multistage random-sampling technique. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and blood pressures were measured.
Twenty-one (5%) children had general obesity and 109 (24.5%) had central obesity. Of those with general obesity, 20 (95.1%) children were centrally obese. With simple linear regression analysis, BMI and WC explained 10.7 and 8.4%, respectively of the variance in systolic blood pressure (SBP), and 3.6 and 2.7%, respectively of the variance in diastolic blood pressure (DBP). Following logistic regression analysis, BMI was the major factor determining SBP levels (OR 0.8, 95% CI: 0.65-0.99, p < 0.05).
BMI remains an important anthropometric screening tool for high blood pressure in Nigerian adolescents.
我们确定了尼日利亚阿贝奥库塔青少年中全身性肥胖和中心性肥胖的患病率及其与血压水平的关系。
我们采用多阶段随机抽样技术，从尼日利亚阿贝奥库塔的七所学校中选取了423名青少年。测量了体重指数（BMI）、腰围（WC）和血压。
21名（5%）儿童患有全身性肥胖，109名（24.5%）患有中心性肥胖。在全身性肥胖的儿童中，20名（95.1%）同时患有中心性肥胖。通过简单线性回归分析，BMI和WC分别解释了收缩压（SBP）方差的10.7%和8.4%，以及舒张压（DBP）方差的3.6%和2.7%。经过逻辑回归分析，BMI是决定SBP水平的主要因素（OR 0.8，95%CI：0.65 - 0.99，p < 0.05）。
BMI仍然是尼日利亚青少年高血压的重要人体测量筛查工具。
