Moreover, the relationship between obesity, including both general obesity and central obesity, and HTN has been observed in many studies [34–37] and is known to vary among populations and ethnicities [38]. However, to our knowledge, this relation has never been specifically
studied in Senegal. Therefore, the aims ofthis study were (i) to report the prevalence, awareness,
treatment and control ofHTN among adults in Dakar, (ii) to assess the prevalence ofgeneral and
central obesity, and (iii) to analyze the association between HTN and general and central obesity