A PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONAL STUDY COMPARING BODY MASS INDEX, LIVER SPAN AND LIPID PROFILE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN FROM MADURAI

Dr. John Rajpathy; Dr. Mariappan M; Dr. Mohana Krishnan L; Dr. Deneshkumar.V

Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2016

A PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONAL STUDY COMPARING BODY MASS INDEX, LIVER SPAN AND LIPID PROFILE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN FROM MADURAI

Dr. John Rajpathy, Dr. Mariappan M, Dr. Mohana Krishnan L, Dr. Deneshkumar. V

Abstract :

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in women, as it is in men. Our Hospital records show that women from Madurai have an increased incidence of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) requiring CABG. This observational study aims to observe and analyze the gender differences between Blood lipid levels, Liver span and Body mass index as a prelude to a major proposed CABG study. Methods. 312 Females and 410 males were included in this study over a period of 8 months. Diabetics, Hypercholesterolemia, hepatobiliary diseases, myeloproliferative disorders, cardiac diseases and alcoholics were excluded. Blood lipids, sonographic measurement of the liver span, weight and height were measured. Subjects were divided as Group 1 (age 16 to 30) Group 2 (age 31 to 45) Group 3 (age 46 to 60) Group 4 (more than 60 years). Results: Maximum number of cases with abnormal TC, LDL and HDL were seen with group 2 and group 3 males. Group 3 females showed the maximum number of abnormal cases with TC, TGL, and LDL. Liver size significantly correlated well with BMI in all groups of men and females. There was significant correlation between liver size and TGL in group 2 and VLDL in group 3 and group 4 (p= <0.05) in females. In contrast there was no correlation between liver size and TGL and VLDL in group 3 and group 4 in the males. A highly significant negative correlation was seen between Liver size and HDL with group 4 females. This study hypothesizes that dyslipidemia in women from Madurai occurs at an early age and there are significant gender differences in blood Lipids and women are more prone for dyslipidemias than men from Madurai.