A Study to Determine a Relationship of Obesity and Serum Biochemistry in Adults of Kashmiri Population
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Abstract: The aim of the study was to determine a relationship of obesity and serum biochemistry in adults of Kashmiri population. Multistage and multiphase sampling technique was utilized in this study based on WHO classification of obesity according to BMI of 18-45 years of age. Each household was visited and only the subjects having age of 18-45 years were included in this study and this comprised of 5107 subjects, and then identified obese cases with the help of height and weight techniques. Only those people who had simple obesity were included in the study. People having secondary obesity, drug induced obesity and pregnant ladies were excluded from this study. Investigations for blood cholesterol and serum triglycerides were done. The data was collected and analyzed using statistical software and chi square and proportional statistical test were applied. In study population, overall prevalence of obesity in the screened population was 7.05%, rural prevalence of obesity being 6.61% and urban prevalence for obesity as 8.34%. The relationship of triglycerides with obesity in obese males and females of study population was found, out of 360 obese cases of study population 286(79.4%) were having high triglycerides than normal range and 74(20.6%) were in normal range, which is statistically significant (p < 0.005) the relationship of serum cholesterol with obesity in obese males and females of study population. Out of 360 obese cases of study population 202(56.1%) were having high serum cholesterol and 158(43.9%) were in normal range, which is statistically significant (p < 0.005). We found a strong association between obesity and level of serum triglycerides, higher triglycerides level in our population could be because of excess truncal fat and increased intra-abdominal fat, also it was observed that 56.1%(202) of obese population were having ≥ 200 mg/dl of serum cholesterol. There was no significant difference between males and females as per serum lipid levels. Keywords: obesity, BMI (body mass index), Triglyceride, Cholesterol
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Ibrar Bashir Shirazi, Mohd. Farooq mir, Sajad Hamid, M. Rafiq . , Shahnawaz Hamid
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