A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY AMONG BODY MASS INDEX AND SERUM FERRITIN LEVEL IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, KOLKATA.

Abstract

Introduction: The rising prevalence of overweight and obesity in India has resulted in an increased prevalence of obesity-related comorbidities. Obesity predisposes affected people to subclinical inammation. Adipose tissue is an active endocrine organ that increases the released of inammatory mediators in obesity. Serum ferritin is well known acute phase reactant and also marker of acute and chronic inammation. In this study we tried to evaluate whether obesity correlate with change in serum ferritin level or not in Indian population. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional observational study was conducted in department of biochemistry of NRS Medical College and Hospital from January 2021 to October 2021. 105 otherwise healthy participants were selected for this study, among them 60 are female and 45 are male. The participants were assessed for BMI and serum ferritin. Result: Correlation test was performed between BMI and serum ferritin of both group (male and female). Statistically signicant positive correlation was found between serum ferritin and BMI among the female participants (P Value-0.018, r-0.304). Correlation is signicant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Conclusion: In this study BMI was positively correlated with serum ferritin among female participants. Adipose tissue may play a vital role in the production of acute phase reactants like ferritin.