Cardio-metabolic and prostatic diseases in Nigeria: isnʼt whatʼs good for the goose good for the gander?

Abstract

Cardio-metabolic diseases prevalence is increasing globally and particularly in developing countries
such as Nigeria. Socio-economic transformations in the affected regions have been blamed for the rising
prevalence of these diseases. Prostatic diseases have also been shown to be as prevalent in Nigeria as they are in
some developed countries, sparking worries of an impending ʻoutbreakʼ of morbid debility among the male
population. Given the evidence, now available, of likely shared etiopathologic mechanisms linking both cardiometabolic
and prostatic diseases, it is worrisome that there exists a wide disparity in research output from Nigeria
on both classes of diseases. This paper takes a cursory view of cardio-metabolic and prostatic diseases, examines
the link between them, questions the yawning gap between them in terms of research output, and concludes that
whatʼs good for the goose should be good for the gander.