Abstract

Background: The link between breakfast skipping and cardio-metabolic disorder is well studied. Though, there are very rare studies describing the association between habit of eating breakfast and hypertension. The existing study aimed to assess the association among the habit of breakfast skipping and hypertension along with low density lipoprotein (LDL) level in university going adults. Methods: Two hundred university going adults were enrolled for this study. The habit of breakfast skipping was assessed from self-reported questionnaires and categorized into three groups: (rare, often and regular breakfast eaters). Three days#x2019; dietary consumption over one weekend day and two week days were gathered from each participant using a 2-day daily record and a 24 -hour recall. Results: For the occurrence of hypertension the crude odds ratio of skipping breakfast was 0.359. Though, after adjusting for all substantial confounding aspects (sex, age, current smoking, regular exercise, diastolic and systolic blood pressure, waist circumference, body mass index, and red blood cell counts), not intake breakfast was linked with a higher risk of HTN (OR = 1.045; 95% CI = 1.036-1.053; p-value #xFF1C; 0.001) Conclusion: The habit of breakfast skipping was related with a higher risk of hypertension and increased level of LDL among university going adults.