Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Obesity, the condition where abnormal or excessive fat accumulates in different parts of the body may impair health. It is commonly assessed using body mass index (BMI). Other indices assessing the distribution of body fat include waist circumference (WC), waist‐to‐hip ratio (WHR) or waist‐to‐height ratio (WHTR) also are independently associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Measurement of body fat and body composition is considered more precise than anthropometric methods and continue to serve as alternate methods of risk assessment. 77 students from medical and allied health science courses were selected. Based on a medical history interview, eligible subjects were those without pre‐existing medical conditions, nonsmokers, non‐drug users, non‐regular consumers of alcohol or energy drinks, not enrolled in weight‐reducing programs and without significant body weight fluctuations in the three months preceding the study. Salivary activity exhibited significant inter‐individual heterogeneity., the entire subject saliva sample’s lipase activity ranged from 28.2 u/l to 902.4 u/l. The scatter plot graph and regression lines for the relationship between enzyme activities and bmi demonstrate that there was a statistically significant (r = ‐0.409., p<0.001) moderately negative connection between lipase activity and bmi. A statistically significant correlation between salivary lipase and subcutaneous fat, which had a weak negative correlation (r = ‐0.239., p=0.040) and between salivary lipase and visceral fat, which had a moderate negative correlation (r = ‐0.382., p=0.001) was also noted. There was a significant negative weak connection (r = ‐0.289., p=0.012) between salivary lipase and weight.
How to cite this article:
Ayush Amarsh, A. Puneeth, S. Muruga, A.R. Shivashankara and D.S. Maitreyee. Correlation of Salivary lipase with Diet and Obesity Indices in Apparently Healthy Young Adults.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2025.2.115.119
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