General And Neck Obesity Are Independent Determinants of Hypertension among Undergraduate Students: Evidence
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 7
Abstract
Hypertension (HT) is a growing global public health problem. From a preventive point of view it is crucial to identify risk factors at an early stage. Obesity is a well –established risk factor for hypertension. Thus the aim of this study was to assess the association of general and neck obesity with hypertension (HT).This cross sectional survey was conducted among undergraduate students of West Bengal, India. The anthropometric and BP measurements were carried out on 1927 (males-732 and females-1195) students. General obesity was estimated from body mass index (BMI), and neck obesity from neck circumference (NC) and neck to height ratio (NHtR). Body height, weight, NC and BP were measured by standard methods. BMI and NHtR were estimated. The influence of BMI, NC and NHtR on blood pressure was estimated by logistic regression. P<0.05 values were considered as statistically significant. The prevalence of HT was greater in subjects with either overall obesity or neck obesity than non-obese counterpart. The each of the regressor (BMI, NC and NHtR) has positive influence on systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) when they will be regressed separately. High BMI is significantly associated with systolic and diastolic hypertension irrespective of gender. Like BMI high NC is significantly associated with systolic hypertension of male and female and diastolic hypertension of male only. Impact of NHtR is insignificant on the development of hypertension in male and female. Moreover combination of neck obesity and general obesity may be preferable to either neck obesity or overweight/obesity for risk assessment of HT. The prevalence of HT was greater in subjects with overall obesity and neck obesity. Among Indian college students (18-22 years) the best indicator of the relationship between hypertension and obesity is BMI for female and NC for male students. Presence of combine (general and neck) obesity is a very potent risk factor for the development of HT in male and female students
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Purushottam Pramanik, Anjan Ray Chaudhury
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