Relationship of Visceral Obesity and BMI with Blood Pressure. A study of College of Education staff, Ilesa, Nigeria

      Аннотация: Researches have found out that the risk of cardiovascular diseases does not depend on body weight but rather on the location of the excess weight. This indicated that abdominal obesity (visceral obesity) is the form of obesity which is expected to be associated with cardiovascular diseases. This study revealed that visceral obesity was more significantly associated with high blood pressure than Body Mass Index. This indicated that visceral obesity was a more accurate predisposing risk factor than BMI, in predicting susceptibility to hypertension. The findings of this study will improve health promotion, while creating awareness about visceral obesity.

Ключевые слова: Abdominal obesity, cardiovascular diseases, Hypertension, visceral obesity and body mass index