A study to assess Body fat parameters in prediabetics and normoglycaemics.

Dr. Hirok Chakraborty; Dr. Brijesh Purwar; Dr. Yogesh Saxena

Volume : IX, Issue : V, May - 2019

A study to assess Body fat parameters in prediabetics and normoglycaemics.

Dr. Hirok Chakraborty, Dr. Brijesh Purwar, Dr. Yogesh Saxena

Abstract :

Prediabetes is a state of hyperglycaemia with blood glucose levels above normal but below the diabetes threshold. The aim of the study was to determine whether there is any association between the body fat parameters and development of prediabetes. A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out in the department of physiology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences with 90 subjects (60 prediabetic and 30 normoglycaemics). Their blood glucose was recorded using a glucometer and body fat parameters and BMI were recorded using bio–impedance method. The results of the two groups were compared using unpaired ‘t’ test and correlation was tested using Pearson’s correlation test. A p value <0 .05 was considered as significant. All parameters were found to be higher in prediabetics, although it wasn’t statistically significant. However, fasting blood glucose had a positive correlation with the body fat parameters in the prediabetic group. The present study suggests that in susceptible individuals, percentage and distribution of body fat are deranged quite before frank diabetes develops.