Prevalence and association between triglyceride level and lifestyle factors among Malay obese class I and II adult

Daud, Azlina and Shahadan, Siti Zuhaidah and Ibrahim, Muhammad and Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman and Draman, Samsul (2018) Prevalence and association between triglyceride level and lifestyle factors among Malay obese class I and II adult. Enfermeria Clinica, 28 (Supplement 1 ( February - June 2018 )). pp. 310-315. ISSN 1130-8621 E-ISSN 1579-2013

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Abstract

Objective Hypertriglyceridemia is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and association of triglyceride level and lifestyle factors among Malay obese class I and II adults. Method This is a cross-sectional study of 65 Malay obese class I and class II adults aged 20-62 years (21 male, 44 female) from sub-urban areas of Malaysia. Overnight fasting venous blood samples were obtained to determine the triglyceride level (mmol/L). Subjects were classified into either normal or elevated triglyceride level groups based on the triglyceride level (normal < 1.6 mmol/L, elevated > 1.7 mmol/L). Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, defined as smoking status, hours per day spent on sitting passively and sitting with active motion, and the amount of saturated fat, mono-unsaturated and polyunsaturated fat from dietary intake, were measured from 24-h dietary intake and physical activity recall. We compare the variables of unhealthy

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	5226/67167
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Obesity; Risk factors; Lifestyle; Triglyceride; Non-communicable disease
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA643 Communicable Diseases and Public Health R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC648 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of The Endocrine Glands. Clinical Endocrinology R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology R Medicine > RT Nursing
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Nursing Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Basic Medical Sciences for Nursing
Depositing User:	Assist. Prof. Dr. Azlina Daud
Date Deposited:	30 Oct 2018 09:57
Last Modified:	29 Aug 2019 10:06
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/67167

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