A Study of Incidence and Prevalence of Hypertension, Diabetes and Obesity with Blood Type in Postmenopausal Females in Port Harcourt
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Biomedical Research - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Abstract: Hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity play a crucial role in mediating ill-health, and are commonly seen in postmenopausal women. The objective of this study was to explore the possibility that a person’s risk of developing hypertension, diabetes or obesity can be influenced by their ABO blood type, Rhesus factor or both, among post-menopausal females. This cross-sectional study covered randomly selected 201 postmenopausal women, mean age 53.5±6.6 (±SD) years, from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Blood glucose, blood pressure and body mass index measurements and ABO/Rhesus blood groups of all the participants were determined and correlated for each other. Analysis of the data revealed that in the ABO/rhesus blood system, the prevalence of hypertension , diabetes mellitus and obesity was 43.3%, 38.8% and 13.9%, which 14.4% versus 13.2%, 13.9% versus 13.2%, and 5.0% versus 4.0% are associated with O versus B rhesus positive blood groups respectively and are invariably higher than other blood groups. Data analysis further revealed a complex and positive association thus: hypertension comorbidly occurred with diabetes (21.5%), overweight (20.9%), normoglyceamic (18.9%), normal body weight (13.0%), obesity (9.4%) and prediabetes (2.9%) respectively. Additionally, diabetes combined with overweight (20.4%), prehypertension (12.6%), obesity (9.4%), normal body weight (9.0%) and normotension (4.7%). More so, obesity coexisted with prediabetes (4.5%) and/or prehypertension (4.5%). Correlation analysis revealed that the incidence and prevalence of hypertension, diabetes or obesity risk for blood group O subjects are in the order of the ratio 1:1 compared with subjects having B blood group. High blood pressure comorbidly occurred with raised blood glucose (38.8%), than increased body mass index (36.8%).The present study is the first to assess the relationship between ABO/Rhesus blood groups, blood pressure, blood glucose or body mass index in postmenopausal Nigerian women resident in the Niger Delta region. Findings of the present study revealed that the participants with O and B blood types are at high risk of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity together with prediabetes, prehypertension and overweight. Our study further showed strong relationship between an increase body mass index and/or with ABO/rhesus blood group prevalence and hypertension in postmenopausal women. Keywords: ABO blood group, Rhesus factor, blood pressure, blood glucose, BMI, postmenopausal women, Niger Delta region.
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Faith Chigozirim Mmom, Arthur Nwafor Chuemere
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