Background: As the case detection rate of arterial hypertension increases daily in rural
Nigeria, screening for its associated abdominal obesity and dyslipidemia is an important …

Background: Abdominal obesity is socially and culturally not recognized as a health problem
in Nigeria. However, the deleterious effects of abdominal obesity are on the cardio …

Aim This study aimed to determine the relationship between measures of obesity and serum
lipid levels among hypertensive patients. Methods This was a cross-sectional study in which …

Introduction: dyslipidemia and hypertension are independent cardiovascular risk factors that
are linked by insulin resistance and commonly coexist as components of the metabolic …

Background: We explored the relationship between anthropometric indices (obesity and
abdominal adiposity) and the presence of an atherogenic lipid profile in Nigerians with …

Background: In many developing countries overweight, obesity and obesity-related
morbidity are becoming a problem of increasing importance. Obese individuals are more …

Objective: To examine the relationship between obesity and lipid profiles and to compare
the effects of total obesity and central adiposity on lipids in three locations in Tanzania …

BACKGROUND: High blood pressure and dyslipidemia additively increases the risk of
cardiovascular disease. There is a high prevalence of high blood pressure in Nigeria, but …

This is a report of observations on a hospital‐based study over the prevalence of obesity
and dyslipidaemia seen in hypertensives attending our hypertension clinic. 409 patients …

Background: In many developing countries obesity and obesity-related morbidity are now
becoming a problem of increasing importance. Obesity is associated with a number of …