TY - JOUR AU - Choukem, Simeon-Pierre AU - Kengne, André-Pascal AU - Nguefack, Maxime-Leolein AU - Mboue-Djieka, Yannick AU - Nebongo, Daniel AU - Guimezap, Jackson T. AU - Mbanya, Jean Claude PY - 2017 DA - 2017/05/23 TI - Four-year trends in adiposity and its association with hypertension in serial groups of young adult university students in urban Cameroon: a time-series study JO - BMC Public Health SP - 499 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Obesity is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and is growing rapidly globally including in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We aimed to assess the trend in adiposity markers in Cameroonian university students, and investigated their associations with hypertension. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4449-7 DO - 10.1186/s12889-017-4449-7 ID - Choukem2017 ER -