1International Medical School, Management & Science University, 40100, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
2School of Pharmacy, Management & Science University, 40100, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
3Sri Sai Dental Medical College, Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, Nizampura, Warangal, Telangana 506007, India
*Corresponding Author: Sakina Ruhi, International Medical School, Management & Science University, 40100, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, Tel No: +6011-2301-6943/+6017-4250-618, e-mail: sakina_roohi@msu.edu.my, jiyauddin_khan@msu.edu.my
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
Obesity or excess body weight is considered a public health concern worldwide. Being obese significantly increases the risk of numerous clinical disorders like heart diseases, type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension, stroke and others. Obesity is now common in both gender. The aim of the study was to find out the relationship between the prevalence of related dominant diseases of obesity and each category of obesity according to WHO. This cross-sectional study was conducted at Seksyen 13, Shah Alam area in Selangor. A total of 260 questionnaires were distributed equally to 130 male and 130 female. The results showed that obesity have a higher prevalence in hypertension (p=0.001) with 69.24% (Class I=8.08%, Class II=38.08%, Class III=23.08%), followed by diabetes mellitus type II (p=0.039) 60.38% (Class I=21.15%, Class II=26.15%, Class III=13.08%), heart problem (p=0.001) 42.69% (Class I=10.00%, Class II=16.15%, Class III=16.54%) and stroke (p=0.004) 4.23% (Class I=0.38%, Class II=1.15%, Class III=2.69%). Results showed significant difference in all variables which is less than 0.05. Even though the causes of excess body weight are multi-factorial, Hence, lifestyle modification can significantly reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality.
Obesity, Body mass index, Hypertension, Stroke, Heart diseases, Diabetes
