Open AccessAnthropometry and cardiovascular disease risk factors among retirees and non-retirees in Ile-Ife, Nigeria: A comparative study
Author(s) -
Israel Arogundade Ojo,
Jibril Mohammed
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.114568
Subject(s) - waist , blood pressure , medicine , anthropometry , body mass index , disease , gerontology , demography , circumference , physical therapy , geometry , mathematics , sociology
Increasing affluence in low-income countries has been associated with lifestyle-related conditions, which may afford some people the opportunity to retire from gainful employment. This study examined the relationship between selected anthropometric variables and cardiovascular disease risk factors among age-matched retirees and non-retirees in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.