Relationship of Body Mass Index with Lipid Profile among Teaching Staff at the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana'a

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Published 2014-05-29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20428/yjms.v7i1.31

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Alhaj A.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Science & Technology, Sana'a

Abstract

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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Keywords

Body mass index, blood pressure, triglyceride, overweight, obese

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2013)
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Original Article
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A., A.tran. 2014. Relationship of Body Mass Index with Lipid Profile among Teaching Staff at the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Sana’a. Yemeni Journal for Medical Sciences. 7, 1 (May 2014), 14–19. DOI:https://doi.org/10.20428/yjms.v7i1.31.