STUDY ON VITAMIN D3 AND LIPID PROFILE LEVELS IN OBESE POPULATION OF NORTH INDIA
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 8
Abstract
There has been a worldwide increase in the prevalence of obesity and a parallel resurgence of vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency and low calcium intakes are important risk factors for osteoporosis. The present study was done to find out the prevalence of Vitamin D and Lipid profile derangements in obese population of North India. 50 obese individuals (25M & 25 F) with WHR >0.85 and BMI> 30 were taken in study group in age group ranging from 25 to 60 years. Equal numbers of healthy subjects were taken (26M & 24F) and these patients were screened at Adesh Medical College Bathinda, Punjab, India. We observed significantly increased levels of Cholesterol (p<0.006), Triglycerides (p <0.001), S.L.D.L (p <0.001), S.V.L.D.L (p <0.001) & S.A.L.P (p <0.001) levels in obese Individuals as compared to normal individuals.
Authors and Affiliations
Singh Pal, Garg Shirin, Ramneesh Garg
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP127787
- DOI 10.14260/jemds/2015/187
- Views 83
- Downloads 0
EFFECTS OF PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS ON GASTRIC VOLUME AND GASTRIC PH IN ADULT PATIENTS POSTED FOR ELECTIVE OPERATIVE PROCEDURES
Under general anaesthesia even in elective operative procedure, there are chances of aspiration of gastric contents resulting in acid aspiration syndrome. H2 antagonists Ranitidine and Proton Pump Inhibitors were...
COMPARISON OF RESULTS OF SURGICALLY INDUCED ASTIGMATISM AND VISUAL ACUITY FOLLOWING TEMPORAL VERSUS SUPERIOR SCLEROCORNEAL INCISIONS IN MANUAL SMALL INCISION SUTURE LESS CATARACT SURGERY
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of superior and temporal sclerocorneal incisions on astigmatism in small incision cataract surgery. To evaluate the success of different meridional approaches in cataract surgery b...
CLINICAL BEHAVIOR OF UTERINE CERVICAL CARCINOMA IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT WITH LITERATURE ON THE INCIDENCE, PATHOGENESIS AND CLINICAL BEHAVIOR
Incidence of malignancy is 2-31% in patients who had renal transplant. Due to advances in immunosuppression the incidence of graft versus host reaction and rejection of transplant are rare. Due to increase in...
TREATMENT OF CLASS I GINGIVAL RECESSION DEFECTS USING SINGLE FLAP APPROACH AND PLATELET RICH FIBRIN- A CASE REPORT
PRESENTATION OF CASE A male patient aged 42 years reported to the hospital with the chief complaint of receding gums in the upper left front tooth region. There was no relevant medical, dental and family history. No dele...
SPECTRUM OF CARCINOMA GALLBLADDER
BACKGROUND Carcinoma of gallbladder is uncommon but is a highly fatal malignancy due to late presentation. However, it is the most common malignancy of biliary tract and represents 80-90% of the biliary tract complicatio...