Correlation Among Waist to Hip Ratio, Body Fat, BMI, Weight and Serum Lipids in Obese College Women.
10.4040/jkan.2000.30.7.1768
- Author:
HeaSook KIM
1
;
RanHee HWANG
Author Information
1. Research Institute of Korean Women's Health Education, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Waist to Hip ratio;
Body fat;
BMI(Body Mass Index);
Weight;
Serum lipids
- MeSH:
Adipose Tissue*;
Body Weight;
Cholesterol;
Female;
Hip;
Humans;
Triglycerides;
Waist-Hip Ratio*
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2000;30(7):1768-1777
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the waist to hip ratio, body fat, BMI(Body Mass Index), weight, serum lipids and to examine the correlation between waist to hip ratio, body fat, BMI(Body Mass Index), weight and serum lipids in obese college women. The subject were 52 college women with a score above 25 on the BMI, between March and May of 2000 at G Women's University. Data has been analyzed by SPSS/PC using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson Correlation Coefficient. The result of this study are as follows : 1. The mean of body weight and height of the subjects were 72.38kg, 160.23cm. 2. The mean of waist to hip ratio was 0.88, body fat was 38.88%, BMI(Body Mass Index) was 28.15, the level of total cholesterol was 174.88mg/dl, triglyceride was 104.29mg/dl, HDL-cholesterol was 50.83mg/dl, LDL-cholesterol was 104.23mg/dl. 3.Waist to hip ratio was more significantly correlated to triglyceride(r=.34, P<.05) and BMI(Body Mass Index) was more significantly correlated to triglyceride(r=.30, P<.05).
