Population
500 adults (20-70 years) in Calabar Metropolis
Comparison
Abdominal obesity vs generalized obesity, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes
Design
Cross-sectional descriptive study
Authors
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Supports targeted screening for abdominal obesity in Nigerian adults; hypothesis-generating for prospective cardiometabolic outcome studies.
Abdominal obesity is significantly associated with hypertension and type 2 diabetes among adults in Calabar Metropolis, Nigeria.
Ide et al. (2022) studied this question.
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