title: Evaluation of nutritional status using body fat, physiological and biochemical parameters in some Nigerian women.
abstract: Some nutritional parameters were investigated in 62 healthy Nigerian female subjects of low socio-economic status. The percentage body fat (% BF) and some biochemical parameters, High and Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C and LDL-C), Total Plasma Cholesterol (TC), Triglyceride (TG), Uric Acid (UA), Urinary Creatinine (U-Cr), Creatinine in plasma (P-Cr) and Creatinine clearance (Cr-CI), were evaluated. Also determined were the Body Mass Index (BMI), Packed Cell Volume, Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure (BP-I, BP-2), various skin-fold measurements and body circumferences. Reference values were then established for these various parameters and the correlation between the various variables determined. When the subjects were stratified into four groups (underweight, normal, overweight, and obese) based on their BMI, significant differences (ANOVA, p < 0.05) were observed in LDL-C, Cr-CI, BP-I, as well as 10 out of the 13 anthropometric parameters. These differences could possibly provide diagnostic/prognostic insight for the four groups and the many important diseases associated with them. The hip circumference, in particular, has such a high correlation with both BMI and % BF that it is being suggested as a substitute for these two important parameters in Nigerian women of low socio-economic background.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. jojo@oauife.edu.ng
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Ojo
authors.forename: O O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Oketayo
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Aboderin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Salawu
authors.forename: S R A
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Adewusi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D015992:Body Mass Index; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003404:Creatinine / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011203:Poverty; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D003404:Creatinine