作者
Davies Adeloye, Janet O Ige-Elegbede, Martinsixtus Ezejimofor, Eyitayo O Owolabi, Nnenna Ezeigwe, Chiamaka Omoyele, Rex G Mpazanje, Mary T Dewan, Emmanuel Agogo, Muktar A Gadanya, Wondimagegnehu Alemu, Michael O Harhay, Asa Auta, Akindele O Adebiyi
发表日期
2021/1/1
来源
Annals of medicine
卷号
53
期号
1
页码范围
495-507
出版商
Taylor & Francis
简介
Background
Targeted public health response to obesity in Nigeria is relatively low due to limited epidemiologic understanding. We aimed to estimate nationwide and sub-national prevalence of overweight and obesity in the adult Nigerian population.
Methods
MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health, and Africa Journals Online were systematically searched for relevant epidemiologic studies in Nigeria published on or after 01 January 1990. We assessed quality of studies and conducted a random-effects meta-analysis on extracted crude prevalence rates. Using a meta-regression model, we estimated the number of overweight and obese persons in Nigeria in the year 2020.
Results
From 35 studies (n = 52,816), the pooled crude prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in Nigeria were 25.0% (95% confidence interval, CI: 20.4–29.6) and 14.3% (95% CI: 12.0–15.5), respectively. The prevalence in women was higher …
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