HbA1C levels in adolescent obesity, overweight and normoweight catholic high school eagles in Makassar Rajawali

HbA1C levels in adolescent obesity, overweight and normoweight catholic high school eagles in Makassar Rajawali

HbA1c Levels In Adolescent Obesity, Overweight and Normoweight Catholic High School Eagles in Makassar. Also known as glycohemoglobin or HbA1c abbreviated as A1c, is one of the important blood tests to evaluate blood sugar control. Obesity is the accumulation of adipose (adipocytes: specific fatty tissue that kept the body) to excess which is the major risk factor for diabetes. This study aims to determine differences in HbA1c levels in adolescent obesity, overweight and normoweight. The research was conducted at Catholic High School Eagles Makassar. The research was conducted with a quantitative approach and the type of study is a cross sectional study. Sampling Purposive sampling as many as 40 people and the data were analyzed with non parametric statistical test of Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney test. Research results show that there are differences in HbA1c levels in adolescent obesity, overweight and normoweight with p value of 0.007 at significance level p = 0.05. While based on Abdominal Circumference (LP) to the category of central obesity and non-obese as well there is a difference with a p value of 0.041 at significance level p = 0.05.

Hasanuddin, .

Patellongi, Ilhamjaya

Idris, Irfan

Rosdiana, .

Proceedings of The Annual International Conference, Syiah Kuala University - Life Sciences & Engineering Chapter; Vol 1, No 1 (2011): Life Sciences

2089-208X

Syiah Kuala University

2011-12-15

http://jurnal.unsyiah.ac.id/AICS-SciEng/article/view/1938/1876

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http://jurnal.unsyiah.ac.id/AICS-SciEng/article/view/1938