Epidemiology of hypertension and its relationship with type 2 diabetes and obesity in eastern Morocco.
The major objectives of this work are to estimate the hypertension (HT) frequency in the east of Morocco and to study the relationship between HT, type 2 diabetes and obesity. Our sample is composed of 1628 adults aged 40 years and older, recruited voluntarily by using the convenience sampling method through 26 screening campaigns in urban and rural areas of the east of Morocco. We enumerated 516 hypertensive people (31.7%), without significant difference between women (32.5%) and men (30.2%). The known hypertensive people represent 10.1% of the whole sample. The frequency of HT, increases with age and it is more marked in rural (39.9%) than in urban areas (29%) (p < 0.001). It is significantly very high in diabetic subjects (69.9%) than among the non-diabetic ones (27.4%) (p < 0.001). The odd ratio (OR) of the diabetics to HT is 6.16 (IC95% [4.33-8.74]). Among the obese persons, HT is present at (40.8%) vs. (30.2%) among the subjects of normal weight (p < 0.05). The OR of the obese to HT is 1.6 (IC95% [1.26 - 2.04]). In conclusion, our results show a high frequency of HT in the east of Morocco; it affects nearly one third of the adult population aged 40 years and older. The relations between type 2 diabetes and obesity have also been identified and estimated.
Laboratoire de Physiologie et Ethnopharmacologie, Département de Biologie - Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohamed Premier, B.P. 717, Boulevard Mohamed VI, Oujda, 60000 Maroc.
Abderrahim
A
Ziyyat
Laboratoire de Physiologie et Ethnopharmacologie, Département de Biologie - Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohamed Premier, B.P. 717, Boulevard Mohamed VI, Oujda, 60000 Maroc.
Noureddine
N
Ramdani
Laboratoire de Physiologie et Ethnopharmacologie, Département de Biologie - Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohamed Premier, B.P. 717, Boulevard Mohamed VI, Oujda, 60000 Maroc.
Nour El Houda
Nel H
Bouanani
Medical Microbiology Laboratory, Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Institut Scientifique de Santé Publique, Rue Engeland 642, 1180 Bruxelles, Belgique.
Jean
J
Vanderpas
Médecin endocrinologue diabétologue, Bd. Mohamed Abdou Imm. Sâada 1er étage, Oujda, Maroc.
Benyounès
B
Hassani
Laboratoire de modélisation stochastique et déterministe, Univ Mohammed I, Fac. Sciences, Oujda, Maroc.
Abdeslam
A
Boutayeb
Laboratoire de Physiologie et Ethnopharmacologie, Département de Biologie - Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohamed Premier, B.P. 717, Boulevard Mohamed VI, Oujda, 60000 Maroc.
Mohammed
M
Aziz
Laboratoire de Physiologie et Ethnopharmacologie, Département de Biologie - Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohamed Premier, B.P. 717, Boulevard Mohamed VI, Oujda, 60000 Maroc.
Hassane
H
Mekhfi
Laboratoire de Physiologie et Ethnopharmacologie, Département de Biologie - Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohamed Premier, B.P. 717, Boulevard Mohamed VI, Oujda, 60000 Maroc.
Mohammed
M
Bnouham
Laboratoire de Physiologie et Ethnopharmacologie, Département de Biologie - Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohamed Premier, B.P. 717, Boulevard Mohamed VI, Oujda, 60000 Maroc.
Abdelkhaleq
A
Legssyer
Abdominal obesity; Eastern Morocco; Hypertension; Obesity; Type 2 diabetes