Received: 2013/12/9 | Accepted: 2014/08/3 | Published: 2014/12/16
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2- Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center, Tehran, Iran
3- Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Sciences & Food Technology Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- “Student Research Committee” and “Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Nutrition Sciences & Food Technology Faculty”, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Aims:
Veterans due to inactive life styles and different problems like
amputation, inactivity and different drugs consumption are more susceptible to
obesity and its related diseases such as diabetes. This study aimed to
investigate the relationship between general obesity (Body Mass Index) and
abdominal obesity (waist circumference size) with type 2 diabetes in male Iranian
veterans.
Materials
& Methods: The present case-control study was done on veterans
referred to weight disorders clinic of Sasan Hospital in 2011-13. 135 type 2 diabetic
male veterans (diabetic group) and 203 non-diabetic male veterans (non-diabetic
group), were selected using available sampling method. Age, education, physical
activity in month before the study, and disability status were recorded in a checklist.
Data were analyzed using Student-T, Chi-square and logistic regression
analysis.
Findings: A
significant difference was observed between weight, waist circumference size and body mass
index between diabetic and non-diabetic groups (p=0.0001). The effect of waist
circumference size on diabetes was significant. Body mass index showed no significant difference on type 2 diabetes.
Conclusion: There is a correlation between waist circumference size and type 2 diabetes but body mass index has no effect on type 2 diabetes.