Saeid Reza Doustjalali
1Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Kumar Raghav Gujjar
Faculty of Dentistry, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Ratika Sharma
University of Queensland, Australia
M. Nurfatiha
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
R. Nur Firzanah
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
M.K. Muhamad Syukri
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
W.A. Napatr
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
T.K.Z. Nurul Syahirah
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Karim Al- Jashamy
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohammed Irfan
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Magdi El- Sersi
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Khin Thant Zin
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Nyan Htain Linn
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Wai Ma Lin
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Vinothini Appalanaidu
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Samiah Yasmin Abdul Kadir
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Rohaini Mohamad
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Wong Ah- Chin
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Ahmad Yusuf
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
S.Y. Rebecca Wong
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Vinoth Kumarasamy
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Jeyaseelan Nadankutty
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
S.F. Nazrila Suhaimi
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Hlaing Thaw Dar
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Myo Nandar Htwe
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
M.H.M. Nazmul
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Ahmad Taha Khalaf
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Htet Htet
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Saw Ai Yong
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Munira Bhuiyan
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
P.W.T. Christinal
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Sami Abdo Radman Al- Dubai
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Fidel Fernandez
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
A.E. Muftah
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
Seyyed Amirhossein Mirhasheminasab
Department of Financial Management, Azad University of Gazvin, Iran
Marzalina Mansor
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Selangor, Malaysia
Negar Shafiei Sabet
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia
ABSTRACT
Body mass index (BMI) is a common, inexpensive and simple method to categorize individuals as underweight, normal weight, overweight, obese I and obese II. However, this method does not reflect body shape and fat distribution. Waist to hip ratio (WHR) is a more recent and accurate method to measure body fat distribution and can be used routinely. The purpose of this study was to compare BMI and WHR of Malaysian undergraduate medical students. The weight, height, waist line and hip line of 82 undergraduate medical students studying at SEGi University, Malaysia were measured and used to calculate BMI and WHR using the standard formula. For males, the highest mean BMI was recorded for Indian students followed by those for Malay and Chinese. However, for males, the highest mean WHR was recorded for Malay followed by those for Chinese and Indian. For females, both mean BMI and WHR were highest for Malay, followed by those for Indian and Chinese. No correlation was found between BMI and WHR among the overall and male participants respectively. However significant correlation was present between BMI and WHR among female participants (r value = 0.623). In conclusion, in this research, there was correlation between BMI and WHR in female population. Therefore the Malaysian females, specially Malay females should be more aware of their health, their food intake and they should take better care of their health, do more physical activity in order to have healthier life and get less exposed to diseases caused by high BMI and WHR.
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Saeid Reza Doustjalali, Kumar Raghav Gujjar, Ratika Sharma, M. Nurfatiha, R. Nur Firzanah, M.K. Muhamad Syukri, W.A. Napatr, T.K.Z. Nurul Syahirah, Karim Al- Jashamy, Mohammed Irfan, Magdi El- Sersi, Khin Thant Zin, Nyan Htain Linn, Wai Ma Lin, Vinothini Appalanaidu, Samiah Yasmin Abdul Kadir, Rohaini Mohamad, Wong Ah- Chin, Ahmad Yusuf, S.Y. Rebecca Wong, Vinoth Kumarasamy, Jeyaseelan Nadankutty, S.F. Nazrila Suhaimi, Hlaing Thaw Dar, Myo Nandar Htwe, M.H.M. Nazmul, Ahmad Taha Khalaf, Htet Htet, Saw Ai Yong, Munira Bhuiyan, P.W.T. Christinal, Sami Abdo Radman Al- Dubai, Fidel Fernandez, A.E. Muftah, Seyyed Amirhossein Mirhasheminasab, Marzalina Mansor and Negar Shafiei Sabet, 2016. Correlation Between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) among Undergraduate Students. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 15: 618-624.
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2016.618.624
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2016.618.624
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2016.618.624
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2016.618.624
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