FREQUENCY OF ABDOMINAL OBESITY AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH DIABETES MELLITUS AMONG PEOPLE OF PESHAWAR

Background: increased body weight is a major risk factor for the metabolic syndrome which is a cluster of coronary heart disease risk factors,like: hypertension,diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia. this study was conducted to determine the frequency of abdominal obesity and diabetes mellitus in the population of peshawar and association between them.methods: this was a cross sectional study,performed by the cardiology department,lady reading hospital peshawar,in the population of peshawar. all participants were interviewed in detail regarding known risk factors for coronary artery disease. waist circumference (≥102 cm in male and ≥88 cm in females) was used as the surrogate marker for abdominal obesity in already diagnosed patients of type-2 diabetes mellitus.results: a total of 2548 individuals were included,71.1% were male. mean age was 37.94±12.59 years. mean waist circumference was 90.25±13.45cm in males and 90.52±12.52cm in females. diabetes was present in 4.4% of the participants and abdominal obesity in 56.6% among the male,abdominal obesity was present in 39.4% and diabetes in 2.9%. out of 39.4% males with abdominal obesity,2% were diabetic. out of 38.6% males with no abdominal obesity,0.9% was diabetic. amongst the total 559 (21.1%) female subjects,17.2% were having abdominal obesity and 1.4% was diabetics. among 123 (4.8%) females with no abdominal obesity,0.1% was diabetic. a positive association was established between abdominal obesity and diabetes mellitus with a significant p-valve (<0.05).conclusion: abdominal obesity is more common in the local population of peshawar and associated with type-2 diabetes mellitus.