Relationship of Body Mass Index with Lipid Profile among Teaching Staff at the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana'a
Background: Obesity is a global disease; however there is a few documents about obesity, while there is no published data about the association of body mass index (BMI) with lipid profile among Yemeni people. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the association of BMI with lipid profile among...
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| description | Background: Obesity is a global disease; however there is a few documents about obesity, while there is no published data about the association of body mass index (BMI) with lipid profile among Yemeni people.
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the association of BMI with lipid profile among teaching staff in the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana'a city, Yemen.
Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted in the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana'a, 103 teaching staff aged 21-59 years (49 men and 54 women) were recruited in this study. The weight, height, waist and blood pressure of subjects were measured and BMI was calculated. The plasma lipid profile; Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc), total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG) were measured. Informed consent was obtained from each subject.
Results: The BMI was positively correlated with TG, waist, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.025; <0.001; 0.002; 0.002, respectively). This association was pronounced among women subjects than men particularly, the systolic and diastolic blood pressure (P= 0.012 and 0.008, respectively). The mean of waist, systolic and diastolic blood pressure of overweight, and obese subjects were higher than normal, (P = <0.001; 0.006; 0.009, respectively).
Conclusion: BMI was positively correlated with cardiovascular risk factors; TG, waist, and blood pressure, thus overweight and obese are more susceptible to cardiovascular diseases than normal BMI subjects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-15b8086d44344aebb4a43b49718ca8fb2022-12-22T03:32:27ZengUniversity of Science and Technology, YemenYemeni Journal for Medical Sciences2227-96012227-961X2014-05-0171141910.20428/YJMS.7.1.610Relationship of Body Mass Index with Lipid Profile among Teaching Staff at the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana'aAlhaj A.0Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Science & Technology, Sana'aBackground: Obesity is a global disease; however there is a few documents about obesity, while there is no published data about the association of body mass index (BMI) with lipid profile among Yemeni people. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the association of BMI with lipid profile among teaching staff in the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana'a city, Yemen. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted in the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana'a, 103 teaching staff aged 21-59 years (49 men and 54 women) were recruited in this study. The weight, height, waist and blood pressure of subjects were measured and BMI was calculated. The plasma lipid profile; Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc), total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG) were measured. Informed consent was obtained from each subject. Results: The BMI was positively correlated with TG, waist, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.025; <0.001; 0.002; 0.002, respectively). This association was pronounced among women subjects than men particularly, the systolic and diastolic blood pressure (P= 0.012 and 0.008, respectively). The mean of waist, systolic and diastolic blood pressure of overweight, and obese subjects were higher than normal, (P = <0.001; 0.006; 0.009, respectively). Conclusion: BMI was positively correlated with cardiovascular risk factors; TG, waist, and blood pressure, thus overweight and obese are more susceptible to cardiovascular diseases than normal BMI subjects.https://journals.ust.edu/index.php/yjms/article/view/31body mass indexblood pressuretriglycerideoverweightobese |
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| title | Relationship of Body Mass Index with Lipid Profile among Teaching Staff at the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana'a |
| title_full | Relationship of Body Mass Index with Lipid Profile among Teaching Staff at the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana'a |
| title_fullStr | Relationship of Body Mass Index with Lipid Profile among Teaching Staff at the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana'a |
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| title_short | Relationship of Body Mass Index with Lipid Profile among Teaching Staff at the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana'a |
| title_sort | relationship of body mass index with lipid profile among teaching staff at the higher institute of health sciences sana a |
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