Obesity and hypertension in diabetic Nigerians.

Over a 9 months period, 675 old and new diabetic patients were examined in the medical outpatient department of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, to ascertain the prevalence of and relationship between hypertension and obesity. For the purpose of the study, the criterion for hypertension was diastolic blood pressure of 95 mmHg and above on three or more occasions, that for obesity was a body mass index of 28 and above. Of the 675 patients, 79 (11.

Insulin resistant diabetes mellitus associated with acanthosis nigricans and systemic lupus erythematosus in a Nigerian male.

A case is reported of diabetes mellitus associated with insulin resistance, acanthosis nigricans and systemic lupus erythematosus. This will be the first such case described in a Nigerian and most likely the first case in an African, of this recently characterized syndrome. An awareness about this syndrome by physicians in this environment should lead to a prompt referral to where there are adequate facilities for an early diagnosis which could prove to be life-saving.