Analyzing Trio-Anthropometric Predictors of Hypertension: Determining the Susceptibility of Blood Pressure to Sexual Dimorphism in Body Stature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies had suggested that complex body stature could be a risk factor of hypertension.

Objectives

We aim to correlate body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-height ratio (WHtR) of rural dwellers in Afikpo community, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, with blood pressure parameters. Furthermore, we aim to ascertain how each of the anthropometric variables affects blood pressure in men and women, respectively.

Materials and methods

A sample of 400 (200 males and 200 females) adults aged 18-89 years were selected for the correlation cross-sectional study. Data for weight, height, waist, and hip circumferences were collected by means of anthropometric measurement protocol with the aid of a calibrated flexible tape and health scale and mercury sphy

SUBMITTER: Kenneth EU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7837789 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature