Abstract: Obesity is a chronic disorder of multifactorial causes and is now classified as a serious public health problem. The aim of the present study is to assess biochemical changes and to predict the significant factors that contribute to metabolic influence in obese women. Two hundred twelve women, aged between 20-40 years, living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia were conducted with this study. Studied subjects visited the clinic of the Center of Excellence for Osteoporosis Research (CEOR), during November 2013 to September 2014 and provided their blood samples to measure fasting serum glucose, total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein (LDL-C), triglyceride (TG), calcium, phosphorous and magnesium. The results of the present study showed there were significant differences in age (P< 0.002) and serum TG (P< 0.0001) among control, overweight and obese women. The importance predictors that effect on BMI were revealed by using Automatic Linear Regression, along with the effect direction and the P-value. The significant variables arranged in descending order of importance were as follows: serum TG (45%, positive effect, P< 0.0001), age (39%, positive effect, P< 0.0001) and serum HDL-C (16%, negative effect, P< 0.009). It was concluded that age, serum TG and serum HDL-C are predictive factors of obesity.
Keywords: Obesity- Biochemical Changes- Age- Women.
Title: Predication of Biochemical Changes in Obese Women
Author: Mai Albaik, Jalaluddin Khan, Mohammed-Saleh Ardawi, Said S. Moselhy
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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