Correlation Between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Fasting Total Blood Cholesterol Level among Undergraduate Students

Authors

  • Saeid Reza Doustjalali Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Hlaing Thaw Dar Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Khin Thant Zin Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Kumar Raghav Gujjar Faculty of Dentistry, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Ratika Sharma University of Queensland, Australia
  • Nabil Nuraiman Jasman Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Waseem Bhaukaurally Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Fatoumatta Laibo Sisay Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Lim Sook Jin Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Izyan Yusoff Hilmy Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Ye Kyaw Lwin Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Karim Al-Jashamy Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Mohammed Irfan Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Magdi El Sersi Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Nyan Htain Linn Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Wai Ma Lin Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Vinothini Appalanaidu Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Samiah Yasmin Abdul Kadir Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Rohaini Mohamad Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Wong Ah-Chin Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Ahmad Yusuf Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Rebecca SY Wong Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Vinoth Kumarasamy Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Jeyaseelan Nadankutty Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Nazrila SF Suhaimi Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Christinal PWT Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Myo Nandar Htwe Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Ahmad Taha Khalaf Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Htet Htet Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Saw Ai Yong Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Munira Bhuiyan Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Sami Abdo Radman Al-dubai Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Fidel Fernandez Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • A.E. Muftah Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Seyyed Amirhossein Mirhasheminasab University of Queensland, Australia
  • Marzalina Mansor Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Selangor, Malaysia
  • Negar Shafiei Sabet Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2016.873.877

Keywords:

Body mass index (BMI), fasting total blood cholesterol level, obesity

Abstract

A cross sectional study to observe the relation between body mass index (BMI) and the fasting total blood cholesterol level was carried out among 82 undergraduate medical students from SEGi University, Kota Damansara. The participants were randomly selected to participate in this research. The BMI was then calculated by using the standard formula (kg/m2). The fasting total blood cholesterol level was measured by using home cholesterol kit. The obtained data was then analyzed by using statistical package for the social sciences software (version 22.0). For males, the highest mean BMI value and highest mean fasting total blood cholesterol level were recorded for Indian students followed by Malays and Chinese. There was significant correlation between BMI and the fasting total blood cholesterol level in male participants (0.001, r-value = 0.525). As for females, Malays had the highest mean BMI value followed by Indians and Chinese and the highest mean fasting total blood cholesterol level was found in Chinese followed by Malays and Indians. No significant correlation was found between BMI and fasting total blood cholesterol levels in female participants (0.922, r-value = 0.015). However, there was a significant correlation between BMI and fasting total blood cholesterol level in overall male and female participants (0.015, r-value = 0.267). In conclusion, our study suggests that the students should be advised to exercise more; reduce intake of food with high cholesterol, avoid fast food and have an active and healthy lifestyle. This may overall improve their health status and prevent them from getting diseases which are associated with obesity and high cholesterol level.

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15.08.2016

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Vol. 15 No. 9 (2016)

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Doustjalali, S. R., Dar, H. T., Zin, K. T., Gujjar, K. R., Sharma, R., Jasman, N. N., Bhaukaurally, W., Sisay, F. L., Jin, L. S., Hilmy, I. Y., Lwin, Y. K., Al-Jashamy, K., Irfan, M., El Sersi, M., Linn, N. H., Lin, W. M., Appalanaidu, V., Abdul Kadir, S. Y., Mohamad, R., … Sabet, N. S. (2016). Correlation Between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Fasting Total Blood Cholesterol Level among Undergraduate Students. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 15(9), 873–877. https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2016.873.877

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