Background: In Africa high prevalence of overweight and obesity was found in regions of East Africa (0.3%),
West Africa (0.7%), Central Africa (0.2%), South Africa (3.8%), and North Africa (12.5%).
Aims: This meta-analysis aimed to analyze the prevalence of obesity among young adults, aged 18-25 years
from five African countries.
Methods: The Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) guidelines were applied to
search published studies. of the 100 studies published as found in scientific databases from 2010 to 2017, only
five were selected. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)
checklist was used to eliminate other studies.
Outcomes: A total of 22,320 obese young adults were analyzed to be prevalent. The obesity among adults in
SouthAfrica was found to be correlated with less physical activities. In Uganda, the prevalence of obesity is
683 which relates with their sedentary lifestyle and socio-demography. Among 371 young adults in Nigeria, the
prevalence of obesity was 5.1% among male and 10% among female related to diet and other consumptions.
Among 646 adults in Ghana, the prevalence of general obesity was observed to be related to genetics.
Conclusion: Prevalence of the male gender was 9,509 having a p=0.284 (at 95% C.I.±4,440.87845-
8,788.87845) with a mean score of 1,251, and a SD= 61,066. While the prevalence of obesity on females was
10,874 having a p= 0.00019, (at 95% C.I.±3,592.07-6,094.07) with a mean score of 2,174, and SD= 3,375.
This study identied factors that contributed to the effectiveness of antihypertensive drugs and investigated the
most effective antihypertensive drug in controlling blood pressure. The purposive sampling technique was
used in this quasi-experimental design to enroll study participants. Of the 120 hypertensive patients following
consultations at a district hospital of Oluvil, only 100 complied with the experiment. Following medical checkup,
it was investigated that hypertension were controlled within 3 months affected by age, and gender. Gender,
more probable were women, was primarily identied as a factor (p=0.002657); and age bracket of 30-40 years
old was also identied as a factor to had helped control blood pressure (p=0.002107). Hypertensive drugs such
as Calcium Channel Blockers (p=0.0008712), Angiotensin Receptor Antagonist (p=0.03983), and
Angiotensin Converting Enzymes Inhibitors (p=0.04719) at normal dosages controlled blood pressures
among Sri Lankan hypertensive patients.