Combined obesity among adult in-patients: A study in a tertiary care hospital
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction Obesity is one of the major risk factors for number of preventable noncommunicable diseases NCDs In adults the combined measure of BMI and waist circumference provides better information on obesity in either sex This gives good opportunity to predict the risk of development of NCDs better compared to the use of individual index In this context present study was undertakenMaterials and Methods Data was collected from 228 adult inpatients in a tertiary care hospital of Bengaluru regarding sociopersonal profile dietary habits physical exercise practices and comorbidities Anthropometric measurements such as height weight and waist circumference were recorded and BMI and waist circumference were combined as composite indexResults The proportion of combined obesity was 329 and family history of obesity p001 history of alcohol intake p002 presence of two or more comorbidities p00005 and hypertension with type 2 diabetes mellitus p0001 were significantly associated with combined obesityConclusions Around one third of the adult inpatients were having combine obesity and associated with family history of obesity alcohol intake and comorbidities The combined use of BMI and waist circumference is a suitable and practical index for assessment of obesity in adult inpatientsKeywords Combined obesity BMI Waist circumference adult inpatients Tertiary care hospital
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Nandini R. C, Sanjay T. V, Thejaswini . P, Ramu . P, Channaraya V
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