Body Composition and Anthropometric Indices Association with Blood Pressure Levels among Hypertensive Patients at a County Hospital in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMbae, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorMunga, Judith
dc.contributor.authorOgada, Irene
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-29T07:41:37Z
dc.date.available2023-06-29T07:41:37Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionarticleen_US
dc.description.abstractHypertension is one of the leading cardiovascular diseases globally. The documentation on body composition, anthropometric indices and blood pressure level is limited, among Sub-Sahara Africa countries, despite the growing burden of non-communicable diseases. This study determined associations between body composition and anthropometric indices with blood pressure among hypertensive patients attending a referral hospital in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted among 234 adult hypertensive patients attending the hypertension clinic. A researcher administered questionnaire was used to collect data for six months. The body composition, waist circumference, weight and height were measured. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered significant. Most (88.0%) of the participants had increased risk of cardiovascular disease based on waist hip ratio of men: ≥0.90cm; women: ≥0.85cm. Nearly half (42.7%) of the participants had uncontrolled blood pressure (≥140/90 mm Hg). Further, 62.4% of the participants were overweight (BMI: 25.0-29.9), while 25.2% were obese. Blood pressure levels were significantly associated with BMI (X2=26.6; p<0.001), body fat(X2=10.8; p=0.028), waist hip ratio(X2=8.2; p=0.004) and skeletal muscle (X2=16.5; p<0.001). Skeletal muscle, BMI, waist circumference and visceral fat were significantly associated with higher odds of uncontrolled blood pressure. Body composition and anthropometric indices were associated with blood pressure levels among hypertensive patients.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDennis Mbae, Judith Munga, and Irene Ogada, “Body Composition and Anthropometric Indices Association with Blood Pressure Levels among Hypertensive Patients at a County Hospital in Kenya.” American Journal of Hypertension Research, vol. 7, no. 1 (2020): 1-6. doi: 10.12691/ajhr-7-1-1.en_US
dc.identifier.uriDOI:10.12691/ajhr-7-1-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26006
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScience and Education Publishingen_US
dc.subjecthypertensionen_US
dc.subjectTharaka-nithi countyen_US
dc.subjectbody compositionen_US
dc.subjectanthropometric indicesen_US
dc.titleBody Composition and Anthropometric Indices Association with Blood Pressure Levels among Hypertensive Patients at a County Hospital in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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