Dietary Patterns and Clustered Cardiometabolic Abnormalities among Adults in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria

Aims

To identify empirically derived dietary patterns among adults in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria, and determine their associations with clustered cardiometabolic abnormalities (CCA). Study Design: Community-based cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Six selected communities in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria. Exact data-collection dates should be inserted from the field records before submission. Methodology: The analysis included 477 adults with complete dietary, anthropometric, blood pressure and biochemical data. NiDST food-frequency responses were converted to servings/day and 24 food groups were analysed using principal component analysis with varimax rotation. Lower CCA burden was defined as 0–1 abnormality, whereas higher burden was defined as ≥2 abnormalities among obesity, elevated blood pressure, dysglycaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia and reduced HDL-C. Robust Poisson regression estimated adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs).