Associatiotın of Anthropometric Characteristics and Fasting Blood Glucose, Lipidsf Urea and Creatinine in Diabetic Patients

Abstract

The stady was carried ou t in 146 NIDDM (54 mal e, 92 female) patients in order to evaluate the associations of antlıropometric characteristics / vvaist-hip ratio (WHR), body mass index (BMI ), skinfold thickness (triceps, biceps and abdonıinal] and blood components [fasting blood gııcose (FBG), cholesterol, triglyceride (TG), urea, and creatinine]. According to age, sex, and anthropometric parameters, there were significant dijferences in several blood parameters. Elevated TG level in males (p<0.028), and urea infemales (p<0.0015) were observed with the increasing WHR. As the triceps skinfold thickness increased, cholesterol (p<0.05) and TG (p<0.021) levels were signifıcantly elevated in males, but not in females (p>0.05). FBG (p<0.029) and creatinine (p<0.015) levels were signifıcantly elevated in females, but not in males (p>0.05) as biceps skinfold thichness increased. Depending on total subjects, se.x, and antlıropometric categories, several antlıropometric parameters were highly correlated with cholesterol, TG, FBG, and blood pressure. Elevated WHR was found to be risk factor for urea elevation in total subjects, and in fenıales (95% coııfıdence interval, in total odds ratio 2,41, p<0.017; in female odds 2,98, p<0.026). Resıılts showed that abnormal values of BMI, triceps and abdonıinal skinfold , and WHR could be predictors of elevated blood components stııdied, blood pressure, and for NİDDM.