O Olasehinde, A Adesunkanmi, A O Aaron, A O Adetoye, A Talabi, S O A Olateju, T A Ojumu, M S Adam, R K Babade, T O Mohammed, A A Aderounmu, B Mustapha, P Ojeyemi, K Yusuf, O E Adejumo, K N Badru, J Soji-Adereti, A Adeyemo, A S Olowookere, Y B Amusa, O O Adegbehingbe, B O Adegbehingbe, O A Sowande
Addressing Unmet Surgical Needs in an Underserved Nigerian Community: Report of a 'Town and Gown' Initiative
West African journal of medicine
one main health problems many societies increased opium abuse found correlated many problems like cardiovascular disease study aimed evaluate correlation opium use blood lipoproteins risk factor cvd crosssectional study conducted participants first phase persian cohort study aged 35 70 years old demographic characteristics history smoking alcohol opium consumption medical history medications asked related checklists filled levels physical activity fat intake also registered well lipoprotein profiles investigated blood sampling linear logistic regression used analyze relationship opium lipid profile statistical significant level considered 005 among 9300 participants mean age 4806 944 years old 496 men 241 participants used opium linear regression models unlike tg 22 p 036 total cholesterol 25 p 002 ldl 20 p 004 hdl 10 p 004 significantly lower people used opium compared others logistic regression models abnormal level ldl 078 p 0003 total cholesterol 082 p 0008 less people used opium compared others study showed correlation opium usage lower levels total cholesterol ldl however lower level hdl normal range seen opium users considering current evidences showed increased risks ischemic heart disease heart attack hypertension cerebrovascular disease cancer opium users therefore healthcare providers patients noticed deleterious effects opium consumption various vascular events addition necessary managers policy makers health care system take necessary measures raise level awareness health literacy general public highrisk side effects opium use take necessary effective strategies prevent reduce use