Pakistan Journal of Nutrition1680-51941994-7984Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjn.2018.146.151A. AlshammariMariam T. Abu AlSelBaraah Fakhr-EldeenAbeer S. FawzyManal 32018173Background and Objective: A global epidemic increase in obesity prevalence has been observed in most of the countries. This phenomenon is an emerging health problem that is associated with increasing prevalence of obesity-related co-morbidities. This study sought to investigate whether a pro-thrombotic state is related to anthropometric parameters in a student population. Materials and Methods: Forty young adult females aged 20-30 years (mean age: 21.0±3.04 years) were included in the study. Participants were sub-divided into three groups: The lean (n = 12) group, which included individuals with a body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 24.9 kg m2, the overweight/obese (n = 16) group, which included individuals with a BMI >25 kg m2 and the obese diabetic group (n = 16), which included individuals with a BMI >30 kg m2 and diabetes mellitus (DM). Anthropometric measurements, including BMI, waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC) and the waist/hip (W/H) ratio were determined and calculated in this study and hemostatic metrics were assessed. Results: The mean prothrombin times (PTs) were 11.9±0.9, 11.2±0.4 and 11.7±0.9 sec in the lean, overweight/obese and obese diabetic groups, respectively. The examined groups exhibited a negative correlation between PT and BMI (r = -0.4, p = 0.06) and a positive correlation between PT and W/H ratio (r = 0.5, p = 0.04). No other significant correlations between BMI or W/H ratio and other hematological indices were observed. Conclusion: Obesity could be associated with hemostatic changes that favor the development of thrombosis, this possibility highlights the need for the implementation of preventative measures.]]>Nejat, E.J., A.J. Polotsky and L. Pal,201065106111Allman-Farinelli, M.A., T. Chey, A.E. Bauman, T. Gill and W.P. James,200862898907El-Hazmi, M.A. and A.S. Warsy,20006276282Fawzy, M.S., O. Alhadramy, M.H. Hussein, H.M. Ismail, N.M. Ismail, N.M. Biomy and E.A. Toraih,201519221234Aitken, R.J., M.A. Allman-Farinelli, L.A. King and A.E. Bauman,2009186370Lee, M.J., Y. Wu and S.K. Fried,201334111Juhan-Vague, I. and M.C. Alessi,200811116Albow, B.M. and A.K. Alenezy,201615883888Li, C., E.S. Ford, A.H. Mokdad and S. Cook,2006118e1390e1398Abolfotouh, M.A., S.A. Sallam, M.S. Mohammed, A. Loutfy and A.A. Hasab,20112011Dacie, J.V. and S.M. Lewis,19725323Poller, L., S. Ibrahim, J. Jespersen and A. Pattison,20121013791384Camp, H.S., D. Ren and T. Leff,20028442447Al-Nozha, M.M., Y.Y. Al-Mazrou, M.A. Al-Maatouq, M.R. Arafah and M.Z. Khalil et al.,200526824829Bahathiq, S. and A. Omar,2010295100Stoppa-Vaucher, S., M.A. Dirlewanger, C.A. Meier, P. de Moerloose and G. Reber et al.,20122016621668Kornblith, L., B. Howard, R. Kunitake, B. Redick, M. Nelson, M.J. Cohen and R. Callcut,2015783038Faber, D.R., P.G. de Groot and F.L.J. Visseren,200910554563Samad, F., M. Pandey and D.J. Loskutoff,19989575917596Samad, F. and W. Ruf,201312234153422Riba, R., C.E. Hughes, A. Graham, S.P. Watson and K.M. Naseem,2008610121020Simpson, A.J., N.A. Booth, N.R. Moore and B. Bennett,199144139143Montilla, M., M.J. Santi, M.A. Carrozas and F.A. Ruiz,20143110591066