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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Four-year trends in cardiometabolic risk factors according to baseline abdominal obesity status in west-African Adults: The benin study
Journal of Obesity, Volume 2012, Article 740854, Year 2012
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Description
The study examined whether abdominal obesity (AO) according to waist circumference was associated with more unfavourable changes in other cardiometabolic risk (CMR) factors in sub-Saharan Africans. The study included 541 randomly selected and apparently healthy subjects (50% women) aged 25-60 years. Complete data at baseline, 24, and 48 months later was available in 366 subjects. AO was associated with higher CMR at baseline and over the follow-up period, except for high blood pressure. A significantly higher incidence of high ratio of total cholesterol: HDL-cholesterol (TC/HDL-C) was associated with AO. Controlling for WC changes, age, baseline diet, and lifestyles, the relative risk (RR) of low HDL-C and high TC/HDL-C was 3.2 (95% CI 1.06-9.61) and 7.4 (95% CI 2.01-25.79), respectively, in AO men; the RR was not significant in women. Over a four-year period, AO therefore appeared associated with an adverse evolution of cholesterolemia in the study population. © 2012 Charles Sossa et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sossa, Charles Sossa
Canada, Montreal
University of Montreal
Benin, Ouidah
Regional Institute of Public Health
Delisle, Hélène F.
Canada, Montreal
University of Montreal
Aguèh, Victoire Damienne
Benin, Ouidah
Regional Institute of Public Health
Makoutodé, Michèl
Benin
Regional Institute for Public Health
Fayomi, Benjamin Eboum
Benin
Institute of Applied Biomedical Sciences
Statistics
Citations: 11
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1155/2012/740854
ISSN:
20900708
e-ISSN:
20900716
Research Areas
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Benin
Participants Gender
Male
Female