Hubungan Merokok dan Obesitas Sentral dengan Nilai Ankle-Brachial Index pada Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is commonly found in the community but it is hard to detect in primary health care providers. Smoking and central obersity are the major risk factors in the development of PAD. One non-invasive and cheap method in screening for PAD is determining the ankle-brachial index (ABI). This study was aimed to provide an overview of the relationship between ABI and smoking and central obesity among students of Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University. This was an analytical study with a cross sectional design using the ABI results of the students. There were 73 students as subjects; 26 non-smokers with no central obesity (36%), 15 smokers (20%), 21 with central obesity (29%), and 11 smokers with central obesity (15%). The age range of subjects was 18-23 year olds (young adult age). The Fisher’s exact test analysis of the relationship between smoking and PAD obtained a p-value of 0.267 (p>=0.05) and of the relationship between central obesity and PAD obtained a p-value of 0.016 (p =0,05) dan untuk obesitas sentral dengan PAP didapatkan nilai p=0,016 (p<=0,05). Simpulan penelitian ini ialah terdapat hubungan bermakna antara obesitas dengan nilai ABI, tetapi tidak terdapat hubungan bermakna antara merokok dengan nilai ABI.Kata kunci: penyakit arteri perifer, ankle-brachial index, merokok, obesitas sentral