Correlation OF Body Mass Index and Waist Circumferencein Mumuye and IchenFemales of Taraba State,Nigeria
| Autor: | Tanko Ayuba, J. V. Zirahei |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty Waist business.industry Population nutritional and metabolic diseases Overweight medicine.disease Circumference Positive correlation Obesity Correlation Endocrinology Internal medicine Medicine medicine.symptom business education Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. 11:49-52 |
| ISSN: | 2279-0853 2279-0861 |
| DOI: | 10.9790/0853-1154952 |
| Popis: | A study of body mass index (BMI) with correlation to waist circumference (WC) among Mumuye and Ichen females in Taraba state, Nigeria was carried out. The female subjectsof the study were randomly selected from Jalingo and Kurmi Local Government Areas ofTarabaStates respectively. Overweight and obesity are the leading nutrition-related disorders of clinical and public health concern. Assessment and classification of these conditions are dependent on specific body mass index (BMI) cut-off points.The heights, weight, waist circumference of 320 females (160 Mumuye females; 160 Ichen females) were measured. Their BMIs were calculated from the heights and body weights. The results obtained showed a mean BMI of 23.3 ± 0.279kg/m 2 and 21.3 ± 0.112kg/m 2 for Mumuye female and Ichenfemale populations respectively. The waist circumference for Mumuye female was 74.4 ± 214and forIchenfemale population,it was 72.5 ± 0.0174. Pearson correlation coefficient revealed statistically significant (p |
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