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Relationship between 1,25Dihydroxycholecalciferol and Obesity
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LEANAALAA ABBAS, SAADMERZAH HUSSEIN, WATHIQESSAM HAMEED
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To show the association between1,25 dihydroxycholecalciferol and its effect on obesity. Background. One of the top
worldwide health problems are overweight and obesity, it has reached pandemic proportions, with at least 2.8 million
people dying each year as a result of being overweight or obese.In 2016,more than 1.9 billion adults, aged (18 years
and older) were overweight, of these more than 650 million adults were obese. Many causes have been implicated for
developing obesity such as: lack of physical activity,excessive food intake, genetic susceptibility, endocrine disorders,
mental disorder, ormedications.Material and methods: One hundred andfive person were participated in this study
visiting Al-Imam Al-Sadiq Teaching Hospital from October 2017 to June 2018. A 50 normal non-obese, and 55 obese.
They were classified according to body mass index after measuring their weight, height, The Berlin Questionnaire was
done for all patients and controls for diagnosis excluded disease and any treatment that effect on obesity. Blood and
data were collected from patients and control to detectedVitamin D. Results:the highest percentage of obese patients
were recorded among 20-30 age group, the majority of the obese patients were from urban areas, graduated from
secondary school, unemployed. Regarding investigation: vitamin D, there is no significant difference (p value ? 0.05)
between patients and controls for vitamin D, also no significant correlation between vitamin D and BMI (r = 0.04, P =
0.787), waist circumference (r = 0.006, P = 0.967), waist hip ratio (r = -0.1, P = 0.495). Conclusion:there is no
significant association between obesity and vitamin D.
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Obesity, 1,25 Dihydroxycholecalciferol, Body Mass Index.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2019.11.02.079
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