CORRELATION AMONG BODY MASS INDEX AND BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN SUBJECTS WITH AND WITHOUT TYPE 2 DIABETES
HERLINDA FLORES-MEDINA
Department of Nutrition, Autonomous University of Nayarit, Ciudad de la Cultura Amado Nervo, Tepic, Nayarit, C.P. 63155, México
NICOLÁS PADILLA-RAYGOZA *
Division of Health Sciences and Engineering, Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, University of Guanajuato, Campus Celaya Salvatierra, Mutualismo 303 Celaya, Gto CP38060, México
VICENTE BELTRÁN CAMPOS
Division of Health Sciences and Engineering, Department of Clinical Nursing, University of Guanajuato, Campus Celaya Salvatierra, Mutualismo 303 Celaya, Gto CP38060, México
MARÍA LUISA SÁNCHEZ PADILLA
Academic Area of Nursing, Health Sciences Institute, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Circuito Ex Hacienda, La Concepción S/N, Carretera Pachuca Actopan, San Agustín Tlaxiaca, Hidalgo, México
VERÓNICA BENÍTEZ GUERRERO
Academic Unit of Nursing, Autonomous University of Nayarit, Ciudad de la Cultura Amado Nervo, Tepic, Nayarit, C.P. 63155, México
CUAUHTEMOC SANDOVAL SALAZAR
Division of Health Sciences and Engineering, Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, University of Guanajuato, Campus Celaya Salvatierra, Mutualismo 303 Celaya, Gto CP38060, México
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is a public health problem, a group of metabolic disorders that affect different organs and tissues lasts throughout life and is characterized by hyperglycemia due to a delivery defect of insulin, which has an effect on the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.
Objective: To determine the correlation between body mass index and biochemical parameters in people with and without type 2 diabetes.
Methodology: Quantitative, cross-sectional, observational, analytical, in the comprehensive primary health care center, in people with type 2 diabetes in mutual aid group (MAG) of 18 years or more, and one of their offsprings. Plasma levels of glucose, total cholesterol, Low Density Lipid, High Density Lipid, and triglycerides were determined. Pearson's r, linear regression equation, t-test, and P-value and 95% confidence intervals were calculated between body mass index and biochemical parameters.
Results: The sample consisted of 70 people with type 2 diabetes and 71 offspring of subjects with type 2 diabetes. No correlation or linear relationship between body mass index and measurements of glycemia, total cholesterol, Low Density Lipid, High Density Lipid, and triglycerides with P values greater than .05.
Conclusion: In this sample, no association was found between body mass index and measured biochemical parameters.
Keywords: Body Mass Index, glycemia, total cholesterol, low density lipid, high density lipid, tryglicerides, type 2 diabetes