A Study of Serum Lipid Profile among Obese and Non-Obese Individuals: A Hospital based Study from Karbala, Iraq
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: Obesity is a multifactor disorder and its development is due to multiple interactions between genes and environment. This study aims at measuring and correlating values of serum triglyceride level in obese and non-obese individuals. Material and methods: Total Sixty five individuals of the age group between 20-70 yrs, coming for health checkup at Al- Hussain teaching hospital, were selected for the study. They were divided into groups. One group having BMI more than 30 considered as obese group, another group with BMI less than 25 considered as non-obese group. Fasting blood samples were analyzed for blood cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), using chemistry analyzer, BS-300 Chemistry Analyzer Results: A significant increase in levels of serum cholesterol and serum LDL –C and a significant decrease HDL-C in obese woman and men were observed. The adult obese has relatively larger changes in serum lipids at any given level of obesity. The study has documented several lipid profile abnormalities among obese and non-obese patients. The study revealed that obesity was high among woman patients and required special attention. Conclusion: The study concluded that, the presence of statistically significant changes in the proportions of fat, which is considered a risk factor for blood vessel and obese in Iraqi’s Men and Women.
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Ammar Gany Yassin Aljaffar
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