Assessment of Body Mass Index of tuberculosis patients on anti-tuberculosis drugs in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study assessed Body Mass Index (BMI) of tuberculosis patients on anti-tuberculosis drugs in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Cross-sectional study was conducted on 30 tuberculosis patients from Tuberculosis
Clinic, Molete, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The demographic information was analyzed using descriptive statistics while BMI was (BMI) was used to determine the anthropometry values of the respondents. Inferential statistics was used to elucidate the relationship between demographic factors and BMI. Results showed that mean age of respondents was 38 years, while 53.3% of the respondents were males. In respect to education, most (46.7%) of the respondents had tertiary education and almost half (46.7%) of the respondents engaged in private businesses. Most (33.3%) of the respondents weighed between 66–72kg and about 33.3% of the respondents were within the height ranged from 1.53 – 1.60m and 1.66 – 1.70m respectively. Outcome of BMI revealed that over 70% of the respondents fell within the normal 2 2 weight group (18.5 – 24.9 kg/m ) while 26.7% were underweight (less than 18.5 kg/m ). Results further showed that there was a significant relationship (p<0.05) between demographic factors (gender 0.048, age 0.038, ethnicity 0.000, religion 0.035, household size 0.004, education, 0.006 and occupation 0.036) and BMI among tuberculosis patients in the study area; also there was a significant relationship (p<0.05) between BMI and anti-tuberculosis drugs. Conclusively, findings revealed that occurrence of tuberculosis was more among the males compared to the females. However, majority of the respondents had normal weight based on the BMI outcome.