Open AccessTO PERFORM VARIOUS ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS IN CLINICAL CASES OF OBESITY
Author(s) -
Amit Saxena,
Atul Jain
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v4i2.913
Subject(s) - waist , medicine , circumference , anthropometry , overweight , waist–hip ratio , obesity , diabetes mellitus , pediatrics , endocrinology , geometry , mathematics
Method: This Prospective cross–sectional study was carried out in the Department of Medicine; we studied 211 consecutive patients of obesity presenting in general medicine OPD and general medical wards having associated co-morbidity. All patients or their relatives provided valid informed written consent for participation.
Result: The above table shows the mean comparison of FBS, BMI, waist hip ratio, waist circumference, hip circumference, weight and age between presence and absence of CAD. The difference was found to be statistically significant for hip circumference (P 0.05), showing that all the parameters were comparable.
Conclusion: Conclusion derived from the study conducted on 211 patients of diabetes mellitus type II and overweight W.C., WHR and BMI are important, simple, cost effective, anthropometric measurements. Hence we recommended that all patients of obesity visiting Medical OPD and admitted in medical wards should not only be assessed for associated co-morbidities but for time tested anthropometric measurements.
The above table shows the mean comparison of FBS, BMI, waist hip ratio, waist circumference, hip circumference, weight and age between presence and absence of CVA. Statistically significant difference was seen in the waist circumference and WHR higher in patients with CVA in comparison to patients without CVA (P 0.05) between absence and presence of CVA, showing that all the parameters were comparable.
Keywords: Aanthropometric, Proforma, Clinical & Obesity.