A Study on Body Composition Components in Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

The present study deals with the body composition components of 201 randomly selected patients with diabetic mellitus (93 males and 108 females) of Amritsar aged 27-70 years. To solve the purpose, ten kinanthropometric measurements, viz. height, weight, BMI, BMR, hip circumference, waist circumferen...

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Published inJournal of human ecology (Delhi) Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 53 - 56
Main Authors Nigam, Shishir, Koley, Shyamal, Sandhu, J.S., Yadav, Vikram Singh, Arora, Puneet
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 01.09.2007
Subjects
Anthropometry
Body
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus
Diet
India
Percent Body Fat
Punjab
Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Diet
Vegetarianism
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Summary:The present study deals with the body composition components of 201 randomly selected patients with diabetic mellitus (93 males and 108 females) of Amritsar aged 27-70 years. To solve the purpose, ten kinanthropometric measurements, viz. height, weight, BMI, BMR, hip circumference, waist circumference, waist to hip ratio, waist to height ratio, percent body fat and percent lean mass were taken from all the subjects. Results indicate highly significant differences (p<0.001) in BMR (t=3.53) and statistically significant differences (p<0.05) in height (t=2.95) and weight (t=3.05) between vegetarian and non-vegetarian patients with diabetes mellitus.
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ISSN:0970-9274
2456-6608
DOI:10.1080/09709274.2007.11905999