Assessment of blood lipid correlations with age and BMI of individuals aged from 19 to 65 that proceed to internal medicine clinics

ABSTRACT ​This work, has been planned for the purpose of the examination of the effects of the probable interactions among the diagnosis of the general characteristics, nutrition habits, physical activities, smoking and alcohol consumption, anthropometric measurements and the biochemical parameters of 54 women and 36 men who have applied to Harran University Research and Application Hospital Clinics in Şanlıurfa Province, and of the ages between 19-65.The general features of the individuals, their healthy situation, nutrition habits, records for their nutrient consumption for 3 day, have been interrogated in the "inquiry form", which has been formed by the researcher. The anthropometric measurements of the individuals have been carried on and their biochemical analysis have been diagnosed by making use of the Hospital Data. Triglyceride total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and hunger blood sugar levels were recorded and statistical analyses of these data were record. BMI, cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride averages were lower in the 19-34 age group than in the 35-49 and 50-65 age groups. AGD and HDL averages were not statistically different between age groups. The number of smokers according to males was higher than females participating in the study (p = 0,0108) and the number of smokers per day was higher in males (p = 0,0004). The use of alcohol is; 3.7% in females and 5.6% in males, while being very low. Overall, the percentage of women with regular physical activity was lower (9.3%) than the percentage of males (%17.1). The mean BMI of women participating in the study was 29,57 ± 6,91 and male participants' 28,10 ± 4,66. The mean on weekdays intake of fat was 63.98 ± 25.76 grams; weekend average 59,76 ± 27,11 grams, on weekdays polyunsaturated fat intake average 12,98 ± 7,94 grams; weekend average 10,11 ± 7,26 grams, mean on weekdays carbohydrate intake 319,73 ± 134,38 grams; weekend average was 307,10 ± 118,80 grams. ​As a result of this study, it was observed that high BMI, advancing age, sedentary lifestyles and irregular diet habits affect blood lipids and are preventable factors. In order to prevent the effects of these factors on blood lipids, it was understood that lifestyle changes, such as medical treatment as well as medical treatment increasing physical activity and gaining healthy eating habits, were also very important.