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An assessment of knowledge of Nigerian female undergraduates on obesity as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in women

机译：评估尼日利亚女大学生关于肥胖是女性心血管疾病的危险因素的知识

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There is an increasing predilection to obesity and consequent cardiovascular disease (CVD) among women. This study investigated knowledge of Nigerian female undergraduates on obesity as a risk factor for CVD in women. This crosssectional study recruited 400 female undergraduate students at a tertiary institution in Nigeria. A validated questionnaire was used to assess respondents' knowledge of obesity as a risk factor for CVD. Descriptive statistics of frequency, mean and standard deviation were used to summarize data while inferential statistics of Spearman Rank Correlation was used to determine the relationship between knowledge score and each of age, level of study, and source of information. Alpha level was set at 0.05. Excessive high calorie intake, 322(80.5%), fatty food intake, 393(98.3%) and physical inactivity, 360(90.0%) were the most implicated causative factors for obesity. Three hundred and thirty five (83.8%) respondents recognized obesity as a leading cause of CVD. The result of this study also showed that there were no significant relationships between knowledge of obesity as risk factor for CVD and each of age (r = -0.04; p = 0.37), level of study (r =0.04; p = 0.45) and source of information (r = -0.005; p = 0.92). We concluded that Nigerian female undergraduates demonstrated average to good knowledge on obesity as risk factor for cardiovascular disease in women. Socio-demographic variables and source of information did not influence Knowledge of obesity as a risk factor for CVD among Nigerian female undergraduates.
机译：女性肥胖和随之而来的心血管疾病（CVD）的患病率越来越高。这项研究调查了尼日利亚女大学生有关肥胖作为女性CVD危险因素的知识。这项横断面研究在尼日利亚的一家大专院校招募了400名女大学生。使用经过验证的问卷来评估受访者对肥胖的了解，这些肥胖是CVD的危险因素。频率，均值和标准差的描述性统计用于汇总数据，而Spearman等级相关性的推论统计用于确定知识得分与年龄，学习水平和信息来源之间的关系。阿尔法水平设置为0.05。过量摄入高卡路里是322个（80.5％），脂肪食物是393个（98.3％），而缺乏运动是360个（90.0％）是肥胖的最主要诱因。一百三十五（83.8％）的受访者认为肥胖是心血管疾病的主要原因。这项研究的结果还表明，肥胖作为CVD的危险因素的知识与各个年龄段（r = -0.04; p = 0.37），研究水平（r = 0.04; p = 0.45）和年龄之间均无显着关系。信息来源（r = -0.005; p = 0.92）。我们得出的结论是，尼日利亚女大学生在肥胖方面表现出中等至良好的知识，肥胖是女性心血管疾病的危险因素。社会人口统计学变量和信息来源并未影响尼日利亚女大学生肥胖知识作为CVD的危险因素。

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