Lipid profile in relation to dietary calorie intake and anthropometric measurement of healthy women taking part in Shiraz diabetes screening test

Abstract

<strong>Background and aims:</strong> It is well known that dyslipidemia is related to cardiovascular disease, dietary aspect and obesity play an important role in CVD risk factor. In the present study, we investigated the relationship between calorie intake, anthropometrical parameters and serum lipids in apparently healthy women.<br /> <strong>Methods:</strong> The subject were 90 healthy women aged between 20-55 who were taken part in diabetes screening plan of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2011 anthropometric measurement were done by standard methods. Lipid profile was measured after 10 to 12 hours overnight fasting. Dietary calorie intake was assessed using 24h food recall. The bivariate associations between variables were examined with the Pearson correlation analysis and comparison of the calorie groups was done by t-test. Significance was accepted at P<0.05.<br /> <strong>Results:</strong> No significant relationships were seen between calorie intake, anthropometric measurements and serum lipids. Although TG level was positively correlated with BMI (r=0.4, P=0.000), WC (r=0.408, P=0.00) and WHR (r=0.33, P=0.003).<br /> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Higher calorie intake was not significantly correlated with cardiovascular risk factor including Higher BMI,WC,WHR and abnormal serum lipids, but higher BMI,WC,WHR were directly associated with TG in healthy people. Although the association between these parameters and TG may be explained by insulin resistance, the lack of a significant association between anthropometric measurements and LDL in healthy people and limited studies in relation to net calorie and these variables remains an unexpected finding requiring further investigation.