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- Title
Correlation between Body Mass Index and Laboratory Data of Patients Referred to Family Medicine in the Last Year.
- Authors
KAHYA, Kerem; SALDUZ, Zeyneb İrem; ÖZDER, Aclan
- Abstract
Introduction: Obesity and malnutrition correlate with each other. They both concluded massive health problems for individuals. These health problems cause changes in laboratory values. Vitamin D and B12 are two essential vitamins. This study includes the relationship of these two values with many parameters and their averages. Method: The research examined 10 different parameters that are related to body mass index (BMI) and age. These are responsible for diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, and hematological problems. These ten parameters include vitamin D, vitamin B12, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), red cell distribution width-coefficient of variation, glucose, hemoglobin, HbA1c, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance, lipase, and sedimentation. This research mainly observed vitamin D and B12, and then looked at their relationship with BMI and age. Fifty-two parameters were obtained by analyzing patients applying to family doctors in Bezmialem Vakıf University Hospital. Results: A total of 294 patients, 26 extremely obese (8.9%), 60 obese (20.4%), 105 overweight (35.7%), 85 normal (28.9%), and 18 underweight (6.12%) were included. The average BMI is 28.07, which is considered overweight according to numerous health societies. Vitamin D has a correlation with age, blood urea nitrogen, eGFR, HbA1c, creatinine, and urea levels. These results are likely to occur because of kidney disease. Vitamin B12 correlates with aspartate aminotransferase and protein levels. These values are also related to malnutrition and eating habits. Conclusion: The correlation of vitamin D with other parameters was considered, and within these values, alkaline phosphatase, eGFR, gamma-glutamyl transferase, and HbA1c were inversely proportional with an average of 23.04 ng/mL. The correlation of B12 with other parameters was researched, and according to the comparison of parameters, both were directly proportional with an average of 405.29 pg/mL, indicating that both parameters were borderline high.
- Subjects
BODY mass index; VITAMIN D; FOOD habits; VITAMIN B12; FAMILY medicine
- Publication
Bezmialem Science, 2024, Vol 13, pS49
- ISSN
2148-2373
- Publication type
Abstract