Abstract
Objective: To study the prevalence rate of obesity in patients of bronchial asthma attending the chest department at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences,Imphal,Manipur.India. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, I recruited patients with age more than 18 years and older with confirmed bronchial asthma diagnosis at Respiratory Medicine department,RIMS,Imphal,Manipur.Nutritional status was classified by body mass index (BMI). Result: 150 patients were included in this study.Mean age was 35 ± 1.24 years and there were 82 (54.7 %) female patients. Among female,asthma was more common in housewife (30.7 %).Mean BMI was 26.87 ± 4.18 and 60 (40.00 %) were classified as normal weight,49 patients (32.67 %) as overweight and 41 patients (27.33 %) as obesity. Conclusion: The prevalence rate of obesity in this study was 27.33 %.Female asthma patients were more likely to be obese than male asthma patients.
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