DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i05.010

Pages: 1219-1223

Background: Non-communicable disease like diabetes is becoming a public health problem that it is already present in most middle-low income countries. The increased risk of associated with high BMI levels in middle-aged group has been clearly established but young adult age group yet not known. So, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and fasting blood glucose level in young adult age group. Objectives: To observe fasting blood glucose level in young adult students of Bangladesh institute of child health (BICH) & its association with BMI. Materials & Method: This cross sectional study was carried out on 127 young adult students aged 18-32 years in the department of physiology, Bangladesh institute of Child health (BICH) from January 2018 to January 2019. Methods: Fasting blood glucose of the study subjects were measured by using blood glucometer (using blood glucose test strip). BMI was calculated as weight (kg)/height (m2). Results: The study result found that 14.96 % of the participants are underwweight group, 26.77% are overweight group and 16.54% are obese group. Mean glucose level 5.411 ±0.4806 in underweight group (BMI<18.5), Within the overweight group (BMI 23-24.99) mean glucose level is 5.597±0.6548. The obese group (BMI ≥25) mean glucose level is 5.638±0.6756. Though mean glucose level are within normal range but positive correlation (p-value=0.324) between BMI and blood glucose levels were found. The mean plot in Anova analysis shows that there is a substantial change of the mean in glucose level within the underweight and the overweight and obese group. Ordinal regression analysis further shows that the difference is significant (p value=0.004). Conclusion: Positive correlation were found between BMI and fasting glucose level. BMI which is non-invasive is recommended as a screening tool for developing diabetes risk and recommending early measure to control the glucose level.