Alqubali, H., Albalawi, K., Alswat, A., Aljebreen, A., Alotaib, K., Aljehani, H., Almughamsi, R., Hussain, A., Albiek, H. (2017). Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in Overweight and Obese People in Riyadh City, KSA 2017. test, 69(6), 2614-2617. doi: 10.12816/0042237
Hind Fahad Alqubali; Khalid Awd Albalawi; Abdulmajeed Eidhah Alswat; Abdulaziz Abdullah Aljebreen; Khalid Essa Alotaib; Haneen Saad Aljehani; Reyouf Abdulsalam Almughamsi; Alaa Mohammad Hussain; Hamidah Fawzi Albiek. "Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in Overweight and Obese People in Riyadh City, KSA 2017". test, 69, 6, 2017, 2614-2617. doi: 10.12816/0042237
Alqubali, H., Albalawi, K., Alswat, A., Aljebreen, A., Alotaib, K., Aljehani, H., Almughamsi, R., Hussain, A., Albiek, H. (2017). 'Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in Overweight and Obese People in Riyadh City, KSA 2017', test, 69(6), pp. 2614-2617. doi: 10.12816/0042237
Alqubali, H., Albalawi, K., Alswat, A., Aljebreen, A., Alotaib, K., Aljehani, H., Almughamsi, R., Hussain, A., Albiek, H. Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in Overweight and Obese People in Riyadh City, KSA 2017. test, 2017; 69(6): 2614-2617. doi: 10.12816/0042237

Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in Overweight and Obese People in Riyadh City, KSA 2017

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 9, Volume 69, Issue 6, October 2017, Pages 2614-2617    PDF (320.44 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0042237
Authors
Hind Fahad Alqubali1; Khalid Awd Albalawi1; Abdulmajeed Eidhah Alswat2; Abdulaziz Abdullah Aljebreen2; Khalid Essa Alotaib2; Haneen Saad Aljehani3; Reyouf Abdulsalam Almughamsi3; Alaa Mohammad Hussain4; Hamidah Fawzi Albiek5
1Tabuk University
2Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
3King Abdulaziz University
4Umm Al-Qura University
5pavol Jozef Safarik University
Abstract
Background: overweight and obesity are well known risk factors for high morbidity and mortality rates and are associated with chronic diseases including hypertension and diabetes.
Objectives: evaluating the prevalence of hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus type II (DMT2) in overweight and obese adult Saudi population. Methods: a cross sectional community based study was undertaken among 549 of overweight and obese Saudi subjects in Riyadh region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).All enrolled volunteers were subjected to the following clinical history taking, calculating BMI, diagnosis of HTN and measurement blood pressure.
Results: the age of the subjects was 20-35 years old in 23.9%, 48.2% were 36-50 years old and 27.9% were older than 50 years old. About 55%of respondents were females and 45% were males. 60.8% of subjects were overweight and 39.2% were obese. The HTN and DM prevalence were found to be significantly higher among obese subjects than overweight group.
Conclusion: the results indicated that obese subjects were at increased risk of hypertension and diabetes. Also, obese females were more susceptible to DM and HTN than men.
 
 
Keywords
Hypertension; Diabetes mellitus; Obesity; overweight; Riyadh
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