J Korean Diet Assoc.  2002 Nov;8(4):333-341.

A Study for the correlations between obesity and blood parameters at the worksite

• Roh S
• Choue R

Abstract

Obesity, a state of having excessive body fat enough to attack one's health, is most blamed for causing chronical degenerative illness such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus as well as arteriosclerosis. According to many studies, the program for the weight control was the most demanded at the worksites. This study was designed to investigate the correlation between the degree of obesity and blood parameters of the employees at the worksites. The results of periodic medical examination for 571 employees(male: 418, female: 153) were analyzed; Age, BMI, systolic blood pressure(SBP), diastolic blood pressure(DBP), hemoglobin(Hb), fasting blood sugar(FBS), total-cholesterol(TC), serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (sGOT), serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase(sGPT) and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase(gamma-GTP). Pearson correlation coefficient was used to find out the correlation between BMI and each blood parameters. In the case of male, 27.3% of the subjects were over-weight. The subject's age and their blood levels of uric acid, FBS, sGOT and sGPT did not show any significant difference regardless of BMI's, while SBP, DBP, Hb, TC and gamma-GTP levels of the overweight group were significantly higher than those of normal group. In the case of female, 9.2% of the subjects were over-weight. This study shows that the implementation of weight control program is required at the worksites

Keyword

Chronical degenerative illness; hypertension; diabetes mellitus; arteriosclerosis

MeSH Terms

Adipose Tissue
Alanine Transaminase
Arteriosclerosis
Aspartate Aminotransferases
Diabetes Mellitus
Fasting
Female
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Obesity*
Overweight
Uric Acid
Workplace*
Alanine Transaminase
Aspartate Aminotransferases
Uric Acid