Assessment of serum calcium level in obesity in Indian population
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Biochemistry - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Obesity, a complex heterogeneous disorder characterized by a state of excess adipose tissue mass is a vast global health problem. In India, obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the 21st century, with morbid obesity affecting 5% of the country's population. The major mineral calcium is involved in modulating the regulatory factors concerned with the obesity. Present study was aimed to determine the level of total serum calcium in obesity and to know association of serum calcium with anthropometric indices of the participants. Study Design: This study included 60 apparently healthy non-obese subjects as controls and 60 obese subjects as cases. The concentration of total serum calcium was measured in both groups. Result: Serum calcium level was significantly increased obese individuals. Serum calcium showed significant positive correlation with body mass index and waist: hip ratio. Conclusion: In present study, we found that obesity is associated with hypercalcemia and serum calcium is independently related with anthropometric data. Thus, obesity may affect the serum calcium level and vice versa.
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Sunita M Aghade, Pushpa S Rajan
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