1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, M.G. Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, (Raj.)
2Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, M.G. Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, (Raj.)
Reaction time is the time taken by an individual to react to a stimulus. It is an indirect index of processing capabilities of the Central Nervous System and is affected by various factors.
The present study was conducted to assess the effect of Body Mass Index on Auditory and Visual reaction time in healthy young males (17–25 yrs.) with the help of Audiovisual reaction time by standard machine.
120 healthy young male subjects were randomly selected. Subjects were divided into 3 groups according to their body mass index: -
Group 1: -Normal (BMI 18.5–24.99 kg/m2)
Group 2: -Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2)
Group 3: -Overweight (BMI > 25 kg/m2)
Auditory Reaction Time (ART) and Visual Reaction Time (VRT) assessed by using one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey's HSD test. Both Auditory Reaction Time and Visual Reaction Time were prolonged and highly significant (p<0.0001) in group 2 and group 3 in comparison to group 1.
Overweight & obesity both play a significant role in ones Audiovisual reaction time.
-Auditory Reaction Time, Body Mass Index, Visual Reaction Time
