A study of fasting insulin level among obese and non-obese patients at tertiary health care centre
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Biochemistry - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Obesity has become one of the major health problems in advanced society. It has been proved that obesity is a risk factor for a number of chronic disorders such as cardiovascular diseases, Non-insulin dependent diabetic mellitus, gout, gallstones, intestinal blockage, kidney disease, sleep apnea, hernia and arthritis. Aims and Objectives: To Study Fasting Insulin level among Obese and Non Obese patients at tertiary health care centre. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in the department of Medicine of a tertiary health care centre during the one year period i.e. May 2016 to May 2017, all the patients at the Outpatient department were screened for Obesity by Body Mass Index and those having BMI >30 were classified as Obese and those Below 25 were classified as non obese, so during the one year period 35 in each such Obese and Non obese were selected randomly. All details of the patients like age, sex were noted, All the patients undergone fasting Insulin level. The statistical analysis done by unpaired t-test, analyzed by SPSS 19 version. Result: In our study we have seen that the average age of the patients in both the groups was 45 ± 5.76 and 47 ± 7.12 (p p>0.05, df=68, unpaired -t=2.34) was comparable to each other. The Male: Female sex ratio was 2.33 and 3.44 was comparable to each other (X2>0.05, df=1, p>0.05). The average Fasting Insulin level (µIU/L) was 19.23 ± 5.65 in the Obese individuals and 10.12 ± 3.45 in the non-obese individuals, this observed difference was statistically significant (t=8.1413, df=68, p<0.0001). Conclusion: It can be concluded from our study that Fasting Insulin level were significantly higher in Obese patients as compared to Non obese patients indicating that obese patients are having insulin resistance as compared to non obese.
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Pitchai Ansar Khalifullah, N Ananthi
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