Anthropometric Risk Index and Their Association with Lipid Profiles Among Married Versus Spinster

Abstract

Background: Previous Algerian epidemiologic studies have revealed that obesity has become an epidemic in many parts of the community, due to the cumulative body mass index (BMI) allied to upper total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol asserting by medical scholarships in these topics. Objectives: This study aimed at evaluating the association between anthropometric risk index with lipid profiles among some Algerian females. Methods: This case-control study was performed female workers and spinster at the OPAPS laboratory during academic years 2015 and 2016. All participants in this study accepted venous blood withdrawal under fasting conditions and anthropometric measurement (weight, height, waist size (WC) and BMI). The SPSS 22 software using Levene’s statistic, independent t-test and the stepwise multiple linear regression was performed on the data. Results: The samples included 36 females; 18 spinsters and 18 married, their average age was 22.75 ± 2.56 years, weight ≈ 65.52 ± 4.58, BMI ≈ 25.15 ± 2.10, ABSI ≈ 0.07 ± 0.01, ABSIz ≈ -0.38 ± 0.09, TC (g/L) 1.28 ± 0.12, and TG ≈ 1.11 ± 0.17. The homogeneity of the 2 groups was based on administrative workers with the same education, the social status, age, and weight categories. On the basis of the laboratory results, records with applied anthropometric measurements as a protocol, were used in this experiment. The practical statistics with a significant set at 0.05, confirmed that total cholesterol (LDL and HDL) level as part of lipid profile increased with increasing BMI in married females in contrast to spinsters. To predict the health risk, it is important to take into account the amount of fat and calculate the cumulative risk index based on all relevant measurements and indicators, such as ABSI and ABSI z-score to capture the risk profile associated with body size and shape. Conclusions: On the basis of anthropometric characters related to blood test practice, lower lipid profile was in the benefit of spinsters. The results indicate that upper lipid profile control by BMI and ABSI was inversely associated with HDL and TG. Established by the association between upper quartile of ABSI related to BMI and both HDL and TG interpret in the case of this study to the side effects of oral contraceptives causing a decrease in Apoprotein, cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides reported the case of married females. In contrast, the conclusions are in agreement with similar studies, which advised a positive relationship between upper quartile of ABSI related to BMI and triglycerides related to lower HDL cholesterol and its relationship to lipoprotein lipase activity as part of lipid profile associated with obesity as a health risk in the benefit of married versus spinster females.