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Volume 7
Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy
Infectious Diseases & Endocrinology 2019
February 27-28, 2019
February 27-28, 2019 Tokyo, Japan
Infectious Diseases, Diabetes and Endocrinology
Global Experts Meeting on
J Infect Dis Ther 2019, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C2-063
Prevalence and atherogenic index of plasma as a predictor of cardiometabolic syndrome amongst
road transport workers in Owerri
Charles Chukwuemeka Onoh
Federal University of Technology, Nigeria
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ardiometabolic Syndrome is a constellation of cardiovascular risk factors which include diabetes, hypertension, obesity,
dyslipidaemia amongst others. The Atherogenic Index of Plasma (AIP) is the logarithm of molar ratio of Triglycerides
to High-Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-cholesterol). This study was designed to determine the prevalence and
predictors of cardiometaboic syndrome among road transport workers. The study was a work- site based cross-sectional
study carried out on 120 workers at Imo Transport Corporation, Owerri. The questionnaires were designed to address the
background information of the respondents with respect to gender, age, job title, departments and address. The respondents
were anthropometrically examined. The prevalence was calculated as a ratio and reported in percentage. Principal Component
Analysis (PCA) and multinomial probit regression model were employed to determine the degree of relationship between the
AIP and cardiometabolic parameters and their order of importance. The prevalence of cardiometabolic syndrome was found
to be 19.17%. AIP was shown to be statistically significant and positively correlated with Waist Circumference (WC) and Body
Mass Index (BMI). AIP was shown to be a principal dominant predictor of cardiometabolic syndrome. AIP as a calculated
factor can be used in the clinical setting for assessing cardiometabolic syndrome beyond the routinely done lipid profile.
drcharlesonoh@gmail.com