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Frequent vegetable consumption is inversely associated with hypertension among indigenous Africans
Eating generous portions of vegetables may help reduce an individual's probability of developing hypertension.
This study examined the influence of high dietary ingestion of vegetables on the burden of hypertension in indigenous Africans. Researchers collated the nutritional data and regularly measured the blood pressures of .16,455 men and women recruited from 5 African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, and Burkina Faso.
Researchers observed that participants who ate 12 or more servings of vegetables had good chances of preventing hypertension. This study recommended increased level of consumption of vegetables as a dietary approach to slash the burden of hypertension among indigenous Africans.
Research Summary Information
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2022
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Onoja Matthew Akpa, Akinkunmi Paul Okekunle, Osahon Jeffery Asowata, Tinashe Chikowore, Shukri F Mohamed, Fred Sarfo, Rufus Akinyemi, Albert Akpalu, Kolawole Wahab, Reginald Obiako, Morenikeji Komolafe, Lukman Owolabi, Godwin O Osaigbovo, Godwin Ogbole, Hemant K Tiwari, Joshua Akinyemi, Adekunle Fakunle, Ezinne Uvere, Abiodun M Adeoye, Daniel Lackland, Donna K Arnett, Bruce Ovbiagele, Michèle Ramsay, Mayowa Owolabi
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Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria. Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria. Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria. Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, 08826, Seoul, Korea. MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa. Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa. Health and Well-Being Program, African Population and Health Research Center, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya. Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 00000, Kumasi, Ghana. Neuroscience and Ageing Research Unit, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria. Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria. Department of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School, P.O. Box LG 1181, Legon, Accra, Ghana. Department of Medicine, University of Ilorin, 240003, Ilorin, Nigeria. Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, 810107, Zaria, Nigeria. Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, 700233, Kano, Nigeria. Department of Internal Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital Jos, 930241, Jos, Nigeria. Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, 35233 AL, USA. Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Osun State University, 210001, Osogbo, Nigeria. Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29425 SC, USA. Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40536 KY, USA. Weill Institute for Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San-Francisco, San-Francisco, 94143 CA, USA. Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa.
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