Body Mass Index and Hemoglobin A1c Levels in Diabetic Adults

Year 2023, Volume: 3 Issue: 4, 84 - 86, 09.10.2023

Adil Furkan Kılıç , Muharrem Bayrak , Kenan Çadırcı

https://doi.org/10.5152/Pharmata.2023.23015

Abstract

Objective: Studies have shown that an increase in body mass index (BMI) increases the risk of developing diabetes and that there exist a strong relationship between hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and BMI. The aim of this studywas to interpret the relationship between BMI and HbA1c levels in adults.

Methods: Three hundred seven adult individuals in the patient group aged 18 years and older who presented to the internal medicine outpatient clinic and were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and 99 healthy volunteers in the control group were evaluated within the scope of our study. Body mass index values and biochemical blood test results of diabetic and healthy individuals participating in our study were obtained prospectively from hospital records.

Results: The mean BMI of the patients was 31.2 ± 6.0 kg/m2, glucose values were 164.7 ± 91.4 mg/ dL, and HbA1c values were 8.3 ± 2.0%. The mean BMI value of all individuals with an HbA1c value of 6.5% and above was found to be above normal

Conclusion: Diabetes and obesity are chronic and progressive diseases that are among the important public health problems today. The results of this research show the importance of HbA1c, BMI measurements, and cholesterol level measurements in health institutions applied for the improvement of public health.

Keywords

Body mass index, glucose, hemoglobin A1c, type 2 diabetes

Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval was received for this study from the ethics committee of Clinical Resarch Ethics Committee of Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital (Date: November 24, 2022, Number: 2022/18-178).

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