Abstract
Obesity is rapidly escalating in Malaysia in all age groups. Prevalence of obesity and overweight is increasing in adults and in children in both developed and developing countries. Obesity is a risk factor for many conditions including respiratory disorders regardless of BMI. However, studies investigating pulmonary functions in obese adolescents in Malaysia are few. Hence, the present study was aimed to investigate pulmonary function variables in the adolescent obese students of management and science university (MSU) in Malaysia.
Highlights
The lifestyle of students has changed in the past decades
Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and hip circumference has strong negative correlation with forced expiratory volume in 1st second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) (P < 0.01), waist hip ratio was negatively correlated to FEV1/FVC but correlation was not significant
Waist circumference has strong positive significant correlation with FVC (P < 0.001), whereas waist hip ratio has no significant correlation with any pulmonary function parameters
Summary
The comparison of pulmonary function parameters of the obese and control groups has been shown in Table 2 and Figure 1. There was no significant difference in mean pulmonary function parameters between obese and nonobese control group. BMI has strong negative correlation with FEV1/FVC (P < 0.01), waist hip ratio was negatively correlated to FEV1/FVC but correlation is not signifi-. Waist circumference and hip circumference were strongly negatively correlated with FEV1/FVC (P < 0.01). Waist circumference has very strong positive correlation with FVC, whereas waist hip ratio has no significant correlation with any pulmonary function parameter
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