AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) IN PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING PREOPERATIVE PREPROCEDURAL ASSESSMENT CLINIC (PPAC) IN CHENGALPATTU GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE.

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Dr. R. Sudhakar, Dr. A. Abdul Rahim

The body mass index (BMI) [1] or Quetelet index is a value derived from the mass (weight) and height of an individual. The BMI is defined as

the body mass divided by the square of the body height, and is universally expressed in units of kg/m2, resulting from mass in kilograms and height

in metres. The BMI is an attempt to quantify the amount of tissue mass (muscle, fat, and bone) in an individual, and then categorize that person

as underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese based on that value. [2]

METHODS AND MATERIALS:

Design: A hospital based prospective observational study.

An observational study of BMI status in 109 participants attending Preoperative Preprocedural Assessment Clinic(PPAC) was done in

government chengalpattu medical college, chengalpattu.

The aim of the study is to assess the BMI in participants attending PPAC in government chengalpattu medical college, chengalpattu.The

participants had come for undergoing various elective surgeries.

RESULTS :The data collected were analysed and following results were observed:Overall only 37.6 % of participants had normal BMI, rest had

abnormal BMI. The average BMI of female participants(25.9) was better than that of male participants(21.7)

CONCLUSION :Female participants had a statistically significant better BMI than Male participants because the participants included more

number of term pregnant mothers. (p value=0.008) .