INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presence a risk to health . A body mass index (BMI) over 25 is considered overweight and over 30 is obese. Stroke is defined as a sudden neurological deficit caused by focal vascular lesion in the brain.
AIM OF STUDY: “To determine the prevalence of obesity status of patients with incident stroke in Bangalore .”
METHODOLOGY: In this study, a random sample of 50 patients residing in both urban and rural areas of Bangalore was selected and the study was conducted by getting their concern who met inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria to investigate the outcome measures related to BMI.
RESULTS: The result obtained shows that the prevalence of obesity among stroke patients is more in females than in males. It shows significant difference with the BMI of 25.865±4.775 in Males and 28.192±5.237 in Females.
CONCLUSION: The prevalence of obesity among stroke patients is more in females than in males. On the data collected from over 50 stroke patients in Bangalore district, it can be concluded that the prevalence of obesity among these patients was 24.0%.
Keywords:
Stroke, Obesity, Body Mass Index
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"“PREVELANCE OF OBESITY AMONG STROKE PATIENTS IN BANGALORE DISTRICT.”", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.g230-g237, March-2024, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2403625.pdf
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