INFLUENCE OF OBESITY ON PERIOPERATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT AND SURGICAL OUTCOMES

Abstract

Obesity is an increasing and worldwide social issue of health care and is closely related with metabolic and cardiovascular diseases including diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure. Raised body mass index (BMI) is a factor that leads to physiological changes which increase health risks and burden of disease.

Methodology: The descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on obese adults with BMI 30kg/m. Convenient sampling method is used to include a total of 73 participants. The questionnaire was designed following a structured questionnaire which contained both demographic variables (age and gender) and clinical variables (BMI category, diabetes status and blood pressure). The Statistical Package of the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26 was used to carry out the statistical analysis. The relation between the BMI category and the status of diabetes, between the BMI category and the blood pressure were also identified using chi-square tests.

Conclusion: The study finds that obese people are at risk of having diabetes and hypertension as comorbidities especially as BMI increases. Nevertheless, the current sample did not reveal any statistically significant relationship between BMI category and diabetes or blood pressure.