Authors : Sakina Raghib & Sabiha Vali
Page Nos : 339- 346
Description :
The association of obesity and poor glycemic control in diabetics has been linked to many cardio metabolic diseases risk resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. The present study evaluated obesity in type 2 diabetics using waist hip ratio (WHR) and Body Mass index (BMI) as indices. Glycemic control was assessed by measuring fasting blood glucose (FBG) and postprandial blood glucose (PPBG) in 400 type 2 diabetics (males 200 & females 200). The subjects were selected by purposive sampling from DCRC, Nagpur. The waist (WC) and hip circumference (HC) FBG and PPBG were assessed by standard techniques. Mean age of males was 49.98+_10.74 and females 54.09+_5.44. A significantly high (P=0.0004) FBG was noted in males (169+-60.12) as compared to females (146+_47.4).Mean PPBG also reflected highly significant (p=0.0003) differences between the sexes(male 261.4+_92.33 & females 226.39+_70.46).BMI wise classification showed 13.50% males and 31% females in obesity grade II category (BMI >30). WHR classification however reflected 93.5% of females and 47.5% males in the high risk category. Poor glycemic control in both sexes irrespective of differences in obesity category using different tools was a significant observation.
