Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to observe the relationship among waist-to-hip ratio, BMI and abdominal adiposity in male type 2 diabetic Punjabi population. A total of 120 Type 2 diabetic men with an age ranged from 30 to 70 years volunteered to participate in this study. The body mass index (BMI), fasting blood sugar (FBS), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC) & waist to hip ratio (WHR) were recorded with standard procedure. The data was analyzed using Mean ±SD. Results: The mean age, BMI and FBS was 50.3 ± 11.8 years, 27.3 ± 3.7 kg/m² and 135.1±27.4 mg/dl respectively. The mean waist circumference, hip circumference & waist to hip ratio was 102.2 ± 8.3cm, 98.40 ± 7.3cm & 1.03 ± .02, respectively. Waist-to-hip ratio showed that all Type 2 diabetics had abdominal obesity whereas the BMI values shown 30% normal, 50% overweight and 20% type I obese. Conclusion: It is concluded from the results of the present study that waist-to-hip ratio is the better way to come to knowthe level of obesity i.e. abdominal obesity in Type 2 diabetics than BMI. As abdominal obesity would further leads to excessive morbidity and mortality in Type 2 diabetics by increasing the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and insulin resistance.
Author Name : Dr.K.Rajendran
Keywords: Obesity, Insulin resistance, CVD.
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