title: ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF A GROUP OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ATTENDING TERTIARY HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN NIGERIA.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hypertension is a growing concern in developing and developed countries. Most of the diagnosed cases are caused by dietary lifestyle.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adult hypertensive in a selected tertiary health care in Nigeria.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Ikeja, Lagos and University College Hospital, Ibadan Nigeria.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 120 patients (40.8% males and 59.2% females), volunteered to participate in the study after informed consent. Patients were recruited by convenience sampling method.
  
  
  METHODS
  Weight, height, waist and hip circumference, Body Mass Index (BMI) and Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that high percentage (62.5%) of the respondents had no family history of hypertension while 57.5% had hypertension less than one year ago. Patients' lifestyle revealed that 15.0% were taking alcohol, 85% had history of smoking tobacco while 53.8% of the respondents engaged in regular physical exercise. The BMI showed that grade 2 obesity was higher (41.0%) among females compared with males (21%). The WHR assessment also confirmed incidence of obesity among females compared to males as the WHR was 1.82 ± 0.45 and 2.00 ± 0.00 for male and female respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nutrition screening of hypertension is necessary for early intervention against hypertension and obesity.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Deji
authors: I O
authors: IO
authors: Olayiwola
authors: G T
authors: GT
authors: Fadupin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D063128:Tertiary Health Care