DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i12.013

Pages: 3887-3890

Diabetes is a global problem, particularly type 2, majorly due to sedentary lifestyle and changing food habits. Abdominal obesity increases the resistance to insulin, which increases due to above mentioned modifications of lifestyle. Anthropometric measurements to evaluate central obesity can be of both prognostic and diagnostic help in evaluating patients with diabetes and also individuals with history of type 2 diabetes. The present study is to evaluate the differences in waist to stature ratios of 50 diabetics and 50 non-diabetics individuals, within the age group of 20-60 years. Waist circumference and height are measured for all the individuals. Waist to stature ratio were calculated and unpaired t test and odds ratio were calculated for the values. The mean value of WSR has increased in diabetic group both in males and females. Mean WSR in males diabetics 0.59 and males in non-diabetic group had a mean WSR of 0.51. And mean WSR in females 0.62 and females in non-diabetic group had a mean WSR of 0.47. Females with diabetes group had more individuals in obese category compared to females in non-diabetes group, where most of the females are in healthy category. Odds ratio was significantly high for both males and females. It was extremely high for females (114.89) compared to males, where it was only (6.61). Overall odds ratio was 20.444. The values show that individuals with diabetes have more central obesity. This study concludes that diabetics have higher WSR compared to individuals with no diabetes. WSR is potential indicator for diagnosing individuals with diabetes and also to prognostically evaluate the diabetic individuals during the course of their treatment.