Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors of Civil Servants in Abeokuta, South West, Nigeria
1Nupo Sunday Sedodo*;2 Oguntona Clara Berstein & 3Oguntona Babatunde &4Akinloye, Oluseyi.Adeboye
1Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere, Nigeria
2,3Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
4Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Email: sundaynupo@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Cardiovascular diseases are now becoming dominant sources of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This study aimed at assessing the cardiovascular risks of civil servants. A cross sectional study was carried out among five hundred (500) randomly selected civil servants in Abeokuta. Venus blood sample of selected subjects were collected to determine their total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL). Information on food intake was obtained using 24- hour dietary recall techniques. Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) was calculated from anthropometric measurements to determine abdominal obesity. Cardiovascular Risk was assessed using American Heart Diseases software Version10.CIR.100.13.1481. LDL/ HDL ratio was calculated according to the method described by Fischbach, (2000). Hypertension prevalence among men was3%, 2% of the male subjects had diabetes mellitus, 2% of women had hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia. Twenty percent of the subjects consumed alcohol. Majority (99%) of the subjects had borderline at herogenic risk, out of which 50% were men. The cardiovascular risk predictive models adopted in the study showed that cardiovascular risk factors are at a primordial stage in the study population. Nutrition education should be given to the subjects on the needs for prevention of cardiovascular diseases and the importance of regular exercise should be emphasized to civilservants in the State.
Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases, Abdominal Obesity, Serum Cholesterol, Hypercholesterolaemia, Civil Servants
