BACKGROUND: It is known that obesity is closely related with diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension and coronary artery disease, and that the morbidity and mortality due to forementioned diseases are increased in obese person. This study was done order to evaluate the relationship of obesity index with some clinical findings including blood, pressure, ultrasonographic findings, blood sugar, serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, AST, ALT, Y -GTP and hemoglobin levels.
METHOD: Health screening examination data were analyzed among 1,944 men and 1,805 women randomly recruited from the clients who visited Multiphasic Health Screening Center of C-Hospital in Pusan, Korea from Jan. 1990 through Dec. 1992. In this study, the obesity was defined as over 1.2 (more than 20% of ideal weight) of obesity index, the ratio or person´s actual body weight to ideal body weight. Statistical analysis of this study was used ´´for such as Chi-square test, and MANOVA using SPSS/PC+ package program.
RESULTS: The prevalence of obesity in total 3,749 subjects were 25.6% for males, 38.9% for females, and 32.0% for both sexes, showing higher rate in females. The prevalence of obesity increased with age and the prevalence of hypertension according to JNC V criteria was 16.7% in average, and the rate increased as age and obesity index increased. Among ´, abnormal ultrasonographic findings, the prevalence of gall stone and fatty liver increased as obesity index
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creased. Fasting blood sugar and 1 hour glucose tolerance test levels were not different a in groups of obesity index but the prevalence of diabetes mellitus increased as age increased among
The levels of serum cholesterol, triglyceride and HDL-cholesterol were different among
of obesity index. Serum ALT levels increased with obesity index, but AST, groups
not different anion y -GTp levels were
g group"-ⓒf obesity index. Hemoglobin level was significantly different among groups of obesity index.
CONCLUSION: From the results mentioned above, it is concluded that prevalences of some clinical abnormalities- such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and gall stone and fatty liver increased as obesity index increased among the subjects.
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