5. Variation of BMI in Medical Students of Sialkot
Nasreen Hamid1, Muhammad Sufyan1, Nouman Shahid1, Saad Rasool1, M. Ali Raza1 and Muhammad Haris Muaz2
ABSTRACT
Objectives: To determine the BMI status of undergraduate medical students.
Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Gynae & Obstet and Surgery, Sialkot Medical College, Sialkot from June to August 2019.
Materials and Methods: Demographic Data, Body weight and height of 1550 students were collected in a survey. Out of 1550 total questionnaires, 78 were discarded. BMI was calculated from the remaining 1472 forms. Underweight, Normal weight, 0verweight, and Obesity were defined using WHO international standard BMI cut-offs. Data were entered and cleaned using SPSS statistics 25.0 computer package. Data was presented in the form of graphs and described in numbers and percentages.
Results: Among the MBBS students, 69.6% were in the age group 20 to 23 years and 62.4% were females. The mean height of the students was 1.663 meters (SD= .0937). The mean weight of the students was 61.15 kg (SD=13.6825). Overall 59.1% of students were within the normal range (53.9 % male and 62.2% females). 20.5% students were underweight (16.7% male and 22.9% females). 15.1 % students were overweight (20.3% male and 12.0% females). 4.6% of students class I obese (7.8% male and 2.72% female). 0.7 % are class II obese (1.4% male and 0.217 female).
Conclusion: Abnormal BMI is a rising problem for male and female medical students. The underweight issue is considerably more common in females and overweight issues are considerably more common in males.
Key Words: BMI, medical students, underweight, overweight, obesity
Citation of article: Hamid N, Sufyan M, Shahid N, Rasool S, Raza MA, Muaz MH. Variation of BMI in Medical Students of Sialkot. Med Forum 2020;31(1): 17-20.