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Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Civil Service of Oyo State, South-Western Nigeria: An Epidemic with an Unmatched Response
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作者 Olaniyan Akintunde Babatunde Sunday Olakunle Olarewaju +4 位作者 Adeleye Abiodun Adeomi joel olufunminiyi akande Sunday Thomas Sola Adenike Iyanuoluwa Olugbenga-Bello James O. Bamidele 《World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases》 2020年第8期587-607,共21页
<strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Worldwide, the burden of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors is rising with devastating impacts on the productive workforce. In ... <strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Worldwide, the burden of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors is rising with devastating impacts on the productive workforce. In developing nations, it has further led to an unstable population pyramid as a result of premature deaths of her workforce leading to the continued tapering of the pyramidal apex. Inspite of this, many studies were conducted among the general population neglecting the local government civil servants who are seen as policy implementers. Therefore, the study assessed the pattern of CV risk factors in South-western Nigeria.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A cross-sectional study was conducted among 260 local government workers selected by multistage sampling technique from July to September 2017. A pretested, interviewer-administered questionnaire was administered to obtain socio-demographic and behavioural information. Lipid analysis, anthropometric, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose measurements were done according to protocols. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 25;bivariate analysis was done using Chi-square. Level of significance was at 5%. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> The mean age of respondents was 46.0 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">±</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 6.7 years. The proportion of participants with good knowledge of risk factors was 57.7%. The proportion of respondent with hypertension, visceral obesity, general obesity, diabetes, smoking and physical inactivity was 40.4%, 35.0%, 52.2%, 38.2%, 5.8% and 75.8% respectively. The prevalence of elevated total cholesterol (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↑</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">TC)</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, raised low-density lipoprotein (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">↑</span><span style="font-f 展开更多
关键词 Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factors PREVALENCE Civil Servants NIGERIA
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