Assessment of the relationship between high-density lipoprotein and Body Mass Index

Abstract

Increased BMI is one of the main factors for cardiovascular disease stroke and diabetes mellitus development. The leading causes of this kind of morbidins are alternatives to plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels. Dyslipidemia of obesity or high BMI is usually expressed as a high triglyceride level and low HDL cholesterol. The HD study is the lowest BMI individuals with the lowest target of current study. 30 individuals with high BMI and 30 healthy individuals with normal BMI levels from the outpatient department of Saveetha Dental College. Serum samples were analyzed for the hormonal status by using the kit method in autoanalyzer. There is a significant decrease in HDL (p<0.005) in the people with high BMI levels when compared to the normal BMI healthy controls. The study states that high levels of BMI indicate the lower levels of good cholesterol HDL which in terms leads to increase in bad cholesterol LDL can cause different health problems like CVD, DM and renal damage etc.