Assessing the effectiveness of a DASH diet in hypertensive patients attending the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital – Cameroon: a case–control study
Hypertension remains a public health issue in Cameroon, though lifestyle and dietetic measures are the main approaches for the prevention and management of hypertension. The present study aimed at evaluating the impact of a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet using local foodstuffs o...
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| author | Mireille Flore D. Kenmoue Wilfred D. Ngaha Edith N. Fombang Majeste M. Pahane Stephane Simeu |
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| description | Hypertension remains a public health issue in Cameroon, though lifestyle and dietetic measures are the main approaches for the prevention and management of hypertension. The present study aimed at evaluating the impact of a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet using local foodstuffs on the status of hypertensive patients at the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital. A case–control study was carried out with 160 hypertensive patients divided into two groups, a test and a control group. A food questionnaire was used to evaluate the food habits of patients and design the sheet of the DASH diet to provide a maximum of 2000 kcal/d. The DASH diet was administered to the test group (eighty-eight patients), while the control group (seventy-two patients) consumed their normal diet. Both groups were followed up for 8 weeks. The systolic and diastolic blood pressures (SBP, DBP), body mass index (BMI), triglycerides, HDL-c, LDL-c and total-cholesterol levels of patients of the two groups were measured before and after the intervention. The results indicate that the DASH diet improves all the markers of hypertension in the test group with significant decreases in BMI, SBP, DBP, LDL-c and total-cholesterol. Patients of the control group had fourteen and seven times more risk of having increased systolic and diastolic pressures, respectively, and are thus exposed to hypertension complications. The DASH diet established in this study is therefore effective for the management of hypertension. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec0198135c104e9daac7aaf8b6d5c0532023-07-25T08:00:19ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Nutritional Science2048-67902023-01-011210.1017/jns.2023.67Assessing the effectiveness of a DASH diet in hypertensive patients attending the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital – Cameroon: a case–control studyMireille Flore D. Kenmoue0Wilfred D. Ngaha1Edith N. Fombang2Majeste M. Pahane3Stephane Simeu4Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, National School of Agro-Industrial Sciences, The University of Ngaoundere, P.O. BOX 455, Ngaoundere, CameroonDepartment of Food Sciences and Nutrition, National School of Agro-Industrial Sciences, The University of Ngaoundere, P.O. BOX 455, Ngaoundere, CameroonDepartment of Food Sciences and Nutrition, National School of Agro-Industrial Sciences, The University of Ngaoundere, P.O. BOX 455, Ngaoundere, CameroonDepartment of Processing and Quality Control, Institute of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, The University of Douala, P.O. BOX 7236, Douala-Bassa, Douala, CameroonService of Cardiology, Regional Hospital of Ngaoundere, P.O. BOX 29 Meiganga, Ngaoundere, CameroonHypertension remains a public health issue in Cameroon, though lifestyle and dietetic measures are the main approaches for the prevention and management of hypertension. The present study aimed at evaluating the impact of a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet using local foodstuffs on the status of hypertensive patients at the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital. A case–control study was carried out with 160 hypertensive patients divided into two groups, a test and a control group. A food questionnaire was used to evaluate the food habits of patients and design the sheet of the DASH diet to provide a maximum of 2000 kcal/d. The DASH diet was administered to the test group (eighty-eight patients), while the control group (seventy-two patients) consumed their normal diet. Both groups were followed up for 8 weeks. The systolic and diastolic blood pressures (SBP, DBP), body mass index (BMI), triglycerides, HDL-c, LDL-c and total-cholesterol levels of patients of the two groups were measured before and after the intervention. The results indicate that the DASH diet improves all the markers of hypertension in the test group with significant decreases in BMI, SBP, DBP, LDL-c and total-cholesterol. Patients of the control group had fourteen and seven times more risk of having increased systolic and diastolic pressures, respectively, and are thus exposed to hypertension complications. The DASH diet established in this study is therefore effective for the management of hypertension.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2048679023000678/type/journal_articleBlood lipid profileBody mass indexDash dietHypertensionNgaoundere Regional Hospital |
| spellingShingle | Mireille Flore D. Kenmoue Wilfred D. Ngaha Edith N. Fombang Majeste M. Pahane Stephane Simeu Assessing the effectiveness of a DASH diet in hypertensive patients attending the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital – Cameroon: a case–control study Journal of Nutritional Science Blood lipid profile Body mass index Dash diet Hypertension Ngaoundere Regional Hospital |
| title | Assessing the effectiveness of a DASH diet in hypertensive patients attending the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital – Cameroon: a case–control study |
| title_full | Assessing the effectiveness of a DASH diet in hypertensive patients attending the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital – Cameroon: a case–control study |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the effectiveness of a DASH diet in hypertensive patients attending the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital – Cameroon: a case–control study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the effectiveness of a DASH diet in hypertensive patients attending the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital – Cameroon: a case–control study |
| title_short | Assessing the effectiveness of a DASH diet in hypertensive patients attending the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital – Cameroon: a case–control study |
| title_sort | assessing the effectiveness of a dash diet in hypertensive patients attending the ngaoundere regional hospital cameroon a case control study |
| topic | Blood lipid profile Body mass index Dash diet Hypertension Ngaoundere Regional Hospital |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2048679023000678/type/journal_article |
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