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April 4, 2026Open Access

Profile of Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Zaria, Northwestern Nigeria

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BBBeatrice Ohunene Bello-OvosiJOJoseph Ogirima OvosiASAbdulrahaman Ozovehe Shehu

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Overview

This retrospective review identifies cardiovascular risk factors in adults with type 2 diabetes, suggesting urgent intervention needs.

Key Points

  • The study aims to assess the prevalence and clustering of major cardiovascular risk factors in adults with type 2 diabetes in Northwestern Nigeria.
  • Retrospective review of medical records from 396 adults with type 2 diabetes.
  • Assessment included hypertension, dyslipidaemia, obesity, proteinuria, and renal function.
  • Data were collected from Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria.
  • Dyslipidaemia presented in 80.1%, hypertension in 69.7%, and truncal obesity in 61.9% of participants.
  • 64.7% of women and 40.0% of men exhibited high-risk clustering of cardiovascular factors.
  • Truncal obesity was identified as a significant predictor of high-risk clustering.

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Bello-Ovosi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d0af83659487ece0fa5841https://doi.org/10.71480/nmj.v66i6.1205
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