ISSN: 1300-0292
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES |
The Relation Between Some Somatometric Measurements,blood Pressure And Total Blood Cholesterol
Esat ADIGÜZEL*, Ilgaz AKDOĞAN*, Mehmet ZENCİR**, Dilek AKDOĞAN***, Kadir UĞUR***
* Yrd.Doç.Dr., Pamukkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Anatomi AD,
** Yrd.Doç.Dr., Pamukkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Halk Sağlığı AD,
*** Dr., Merkez 13 No’lu Sağlık Ocağı, DENİZLİ
Somatometry is a prefered method to investigate obesity. Since there are many somatometric measurements available, it is important to determine which one is more suitable in the study of obesity. In this study, beside body mass index, neck circumference and submandibuler skinfold thickness measurements were selected. The goal of the study was to ellucidate the relationship between arterial blood pressure and total blood cholesterol level by somatometric measurements.The correletion between blood cholesterol level and sistolic-diastolic blood pressure levels were analyzed by somatometric measurements. Results showed that in male, body mass index was corelated positively with all these three parameters (p<0.05). Neck circumference measurement was corelated positively with only sistolic blood pressure level. However, submandibular skinfold thickness was not significantly corelated with any of these parameters (p>0.05). In female, body mass index and neck circumference measurements were positively correlated with all three parameters, whereas submandibular skinfold thickness was only positively correlated with total blood cholesterol level (p<0.05). Next the relationship in between these three somatometric measurements were investigated. Both in male and female all three parameters were positively correlated with each other and these corelations were statistically significant (p<0.05). In conclusion, this study suggests that both neck circumference and submandibular skinfold thickness measurements may be considered as scientifically useful parameters in the assessment of obesity.Keywords: Submandibular skinfold thickness, Body mass index, Neck circumference, Total blood cholesterolTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci 2002, 22:562-567
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