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Contents - Medicinski Fakultet u Sarajevu - University of Sarajevo

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Oral presentationEVALUATION OF ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICESIN DIABETIC PATIENTSNermina Babic 1 , Zelija Velija-Asimi 2 , Jasminko Huskic 1 , Amela Dizdarevic-Bostandzic 2 , Alma Mujanovic-Narancic 2 , Emina Nakas-Icindic1Institute <strong>of</strong> Physiology and Biochemistry,Medical Faculty, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sarajevo</strong>, <strong>Sarajevo</strong>,Bosnia and Herzegovina2Clinics for Endocrinology, Diabetes Mellitus andMetabolic Diseases, <strong>University</strong> Clinical Center <strong>of</strong><strong>Sarajevo</strong>, <strong>Sarajevo</strong>, Bosnia and HerzegovinaE-mail: nerminab@yahoo.comIntroduction: Abdominal obesity is a significant riskfactor for cardiovascular diseases. The aim: To researcha relationship between an abdominal adiposity, assessedby various anthropometric indices (body massindex (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hipratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (W/HtR)), withpulse pressure (PP) in diabetic patients.Methods: The study included 30 patients with diabetesmellitus Type 1 (DM1), 30 patients with diabetes mellitusType 2 (DM2) and 30 healthy subjects. Anthropometricmeasurements were made for all subjects,including body height, weight, waist and hip circumference.All subjects were measured blood pressure.Results: All examined anthropometric indices and PPwere statistically significantly higher in patients withDM2, compared with other groups (p

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