Authors : Lujain Anwar Al-Khazrajy, Yossif Abdul Raheem and Yossra Khalaf Hanoon
Abstract: The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of sex as variable in measuring waist/hip ratio as risk factor predictor in patients with metabolic disease. A longitudinal cross sectional study conducted on 234 patients with metabolic syndrome during 6 months duration, demographic data like Age and gender were recorded for each patient, other measures like waist circumference, hip circumference, height, weight, according to standards and body mass index and waist/hip ratio also calculated, blood tests including fasting blood sugar, lipid profile were also measured to the sample. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages) and analytic statistics (person correlation two ways (ANOVA) by SPSS, version 11. p<0.05 was considered statistically significant the mean age for male was 45.73(±7.83) years while for female was 46.92(±7.83) years. There was significant difference with W/H ratio 0.007 (-0.05 to -0.008) for both sexes (91.03%) of the total sample were having Diabetes mellitusand (63.25%) of the sample were having hypertension. Most of the participants (85.74%) had no physical activity. A positive correlation was obtained between W/H ratio and BMI, FBS, TG andHDL in male participants. the mean of W/H ratio in both gender as cross classified with Physical Exercise were the difference in mean is significantly associated WHR was significantly associated with the risk of incident CVD events. These simple measures of abdominal obesity should be incorporated into CVD risk assessments.
Lujain Anwar Al-Khazrajy, Yossif Abdul Raheem and Yossra Khalaf Hanoon, 2010. Sex Differences in the Impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) and Waist/Hip (W/H) Ratio on Patients with Metabolic Risk Factors in Baghdad. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 4: 298-304.