TY - JOUR AU - Yadav, Sunil K. AU - Pathak, Renuka AU - Singh, Rekha K. AU - Mahato, Ram Vinod PY - 2018/10/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Correlation of Body Mass Index with Waist Circumference, Random Blood Sugar and Dietary Pattern as Predictors of Diabetes Mellitus JF - International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology JA - Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol VL - 6 IS - 3 SE - Research Articles: Biological Sciences DO - 10.3126/ijasbt.v6i3.21177 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJASBT/article/view/21177 SP - 274-278 AB - <p>The objective of this study is correlation of body mass index with waist circumference, random blood sugar and dietary pattern to predict diabetes in university boys (18-25years). A study of random blood glucose, waist circumference and body mass index of 50 subject’s age (18-25years) was carried out. The nutritional dietary pattern of the subjects using the 24 hours dietary recall techniques was done Data was collected with a structured questionnaire. Subjects were measured for waist circumference and weight and height determent for BMI. Estimation of random blood glucose with the help of ACCU- CHECK indicated that all the boys had normal level. Subjects consisted of 50 university boys, the mean participant’s average weight is 68.21±9.31kg, average height is 173.76±7.43cm and average BMI 22.50±2.23kg/m<sup>2</sup>. Normal BMI (18.5-22.9kg/m2) was found in (48%), underweight (2%), overweight (34%) and obese (16%) of the subject studied.  The mean waist circumference of participants is 85.16±6.38cm. The abnormal waist circumference (WC) was observed in 28% (n=14) and normal waist circumference is 72% (n=36) of the subject studied. The mean random blood sugar is 122.88±9.51mg/dl. The random of the subject blood sugar method is 100% normal.  The nutrition intake of energy, protein, fat, carbohydrates is there mean of participants is average of energy 1786.41±335.17kcal, protein 62.70±17.4gm, fat 47.18±14.00gm and carbohydrates 256.37±59.38gm. There was a statistically positive correlation between waist circumference, body mass index and  random blood sugar . Therefore, waist circumference, non-invasive techniques has a good correlation with BMI and therefore abdominal obesity is a predictor of diabetes.</p><p><em>Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 6(3): 274-278</em></p> ER -