Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

A Study To Assess The Role Of Family History In Predicting Abdominal Adiposity.

Dr. Nishmita. R, Dr. K. Ravi

Abstract :

 

In genetics, the family history is defined as the description of the genetic relationships and medical history of a family; when the family history is represented in diagram form using standard symbols and terms, it is referred to as a pedigree3.

The family history is the most important tool for diagnosis and risk assessment in medical genetics and promises to serve as critical element in the use of predictive genetic testing in primary care. Family history merits further investigation as a public health tool to identify persons with increased Heart Disease risk who might benefit from enhanced prevention strategies 4.

Objectives:

1.    To ascertain supine abdominal height in individuals with family history of cardiovascular risk factors.

 

2.    To assess the role of family history in predicting abdominal adiposity.

 

Methods:

The study was done on 223 subjects attending OPD or admitted to Victoria Hospital and  Bowring&  Lady Curzon Hospitals attached to  Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute,Bangalore during the period of November 2015 to May 2017. Family History was elicited. Supine abdominal height was measured .

Results:

Among the subjects studied, 54.7% were Male and 45.3% were female. Of the subjects studied, 29.6% were in the age group of 21–30 and 25.1% were in the age group of 31–40. In this study,30% of the subjects had more than one relative suffering from either of the cardiovascular risk factors.

83% of these relatives were Diabetics, 32.5% were hypertensives,28.5% were both hypertensive and diabetic.2.2% had Ischemic Heart Disease and 1.8% had stroke. The history of father suffering from diabetes was the most elicited 42.6%

Conclusion:

The mean supine abdominal height was more in people with a combined history of Diabetes and Hypertension than in individuals with history of either Diabetes or Hypertension alone.

Large scale studies are required to validate the results.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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A STUDY TO ASSESS THE ROLE OF FAMILY HISTORY IN PREDICTING ABDOMINAL ADIPOSITY., Dr.Nishmita.R, Dr.K.Ravi INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-1 | January-2019


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