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ANALYSIS OF CORRELATION OF BMI AND WAIST TO HIP RATIO WITH RANDOM BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS AMONG LOCAL POPULATION OF PAKISTAN

Dr.Iqra Javed, Dr.Ayesha Ishaq, Dr.Sidra Azmat

Abstract: Introduction: The diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular disease are more common in over weight and obese populations in developing countries. Aims and objectives: The main objective of the study was to calculate the correlation of BMI and waist to hip ratio with BSR. Material and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Health department Punjab during December 2018 to May 2019. Diabetic patients were included in the study. The exclusion criteria include all patients with cardiac disease history or those on long-term antibiotic or steroid therapy and all the pregnant women whereas all persons that are not taking any anti diabetic drugs were included in this study. Results: We enrolled a total of 100 individuals for this study. The average age of all the participants was 40 + 14.9 with range 17-80. 39 (35.45%) of the patient were in the age category of 17 to 30. 33 (30%) belong to 31-45 and 41(37.27%) were above 45 years of age. 81 (73.63%) of the patients were female whereas 29(26.37%) were males. 46(41.8%) were with normal BMI more on the person’s characteristics were given in table 1. Conclusions: It is concluded that there is positive significant correlation between BMI and waist to hips ratio with BSR in our population. The earlier mentioned risk factors are known to be the obesity predictors as well.

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