Pakistan Journal of Nutrition1680-51941994-7984Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjn.2020.266.270Samuel AtibaAdeniran OparindeDolapo Pius Olufunmimiyi AkandeJoel Adeola NIran-AtibaTemitope O. BelloNurudeen 62020196Background and Objective: Obesity and hypertension are two important factors associated with the development of prediabetes and overt diabetes mellitus. The prevalence of obesity and hypertension among Nigerians with impaired fasting glucose (IFG), a prediabetic state, is not still fully established. This study therefore intends to determine the prevalence of obesity and hypertension among Nigerians with IFG. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study from the available in Special Investigation Clinic of Chemical Pathology Department of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti. Age, sex, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, height and weight were extracted from the record of individuals who presented with two previous IFG (5.6-6.9 mmol L1) as indication for oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) over a period of 60 months. Results: A total of 608 subjects comprises of 208 males (34.21%) and 400 females (65.79%) who presented for OGTT on the basis of two previous IFG were recruited. One hundred and seventy six (28.95%) of the patients were found to be obese. Fifty-six (9.21%) had a combination of obesity and systolic BP ≥140 mmHg while 40 (6.58%) had a combination of obesity and diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg. Conclusion: Substantial number of patients with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) has hypertension and obesity.]]>Zimmet, P.Z.,20172017Ozono, R., S. Fujiwara, R. Maeda and Y. Kihara,20182018Qian, Y., Y. Lin, T. Zhang, J. Bai and F. Chen et al.,20102010Ahmad, M.S., S. Iqtadar, S.U. Mumtaz, Z. Niaz, I. Waheed and S. Abaidullah,201723546549Zeng, P., X. Zhu, Y. Zhang, S. Wu, J. Dong, T. Zhang and S. Wang,20132013Liu, L., K. Miura, A. Fujiyoshi, A. Kadota and N. Miyagawa et al.,20141138489Liu, A.Y., M.P. Silvestre and S.D. Poppitt,20156665673Fonseca, V.A.,200895161Karve, A.M. and R. Hayward,201055E556E556Neumann, A., M. Norberg, O. Schoffer, F. Norström, I. Johansson, S.J. Klug and L. Lindholm,20132013Faeh, D., J. William, P. Yerly, F. Paccaud and P. Bovet,20072007Tamayo, T., S. Schipf, C. Meisinger, M. Schunk and W. Maier et al.,20142014Rahim, M.A., A.K.A. Khan, S.M.K Ali, Q. Nahar, A. Shaheen and A. Hussain,2008284550Yip, W.C.Y., I.R. Sequeira, L.D. Plank and S.D. Poppitt,20172017Li, C., E.S. Ford, G. Zhao and A.H. Mokdad,200932342347Williams, D.E., B.L. Cadwell, Y.J. Cheng, C.C. Cowie and E.W. Gregg et al.,200511611221126Tziomalos, K., M. Spanou, M. Baltatzi, E. Efthymiou and K. Psianou et al.,201315475480Ogbu, I.S.I. and C.I. Neboh,2009501417Papadakis, J.A., K. Papanikolaou, I. Papakitsou, and G. Vrentzos,20192019Lemamsha, H., G. Randhawa and C. Papadopoulos,20192019Kim, S.H. and G. Reaven,20105921052106Ye, J.,201371424Varghese, R.T., C.D. Man, A. Sharma, I. Viegas and Cristina Barosa et al.,201610148164824Lee, C.J., N.K. Lim, H.C. Kim, S.H. Ihm, H.Y. Lee, H.Y. Park and S.Park,201528493500