Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity and Their Relation to Hypertension in Adult Male University Students in Kerman, Iran

Abstract

This study examined cardiovascular risk factors among adult male university students in Kerman, Iran. Materials and Methods: Study populations of male university students, enrolled for physical education classes during the winter of 2001, at the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, were examined and evaluated. Tthe partial correlation coefficient was used to quantify the association between body mass index and waist-to-hip circumference ratio with systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Linear regression analysis was used to assess the influence of body mass index and waist-to-hip circumference ratio on the variance of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 13.6% and 2.2%, respectively. 45.5'10 of the subjects had normal weight and 38.4"1