Body mass index (BMI) of Institute of Medicine (1) entrants

Anthropometric study on 2 batches of 1167 entrants to Yangon Institute of Medicine (1) showed that height, body weight, and BMI (mean + SD) for male ( n= 312; 17.4 + 0.6 yr) and female (n= 328; 17.4 + 0.7 yr) entrants in 5/2001 batch were 1.69 + 0.64m, 58.4+10.6kg, 20.44 + 3.66kg/m2,and 1.57+ 0.53m,...

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Main Authors:	Thandar, Myat, Aung, Nilar, Nwe, Tin Tin, Swe, Sandar, Soe, Win Tun, Wai, Nyunt
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Language:	English
Published:	Myanmar Medical Association 2003
Subjects:	QP Physiology R Medicine (General)
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spelling	iium-147102012-07-11T08:34:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/14710/ Body mass index (BMI) of Institute of Medicine (1) entrants Thandar, Myat Aung, Nilar Nwe, Tin Tin Swe, Sandar Soe, Win Tun Wai, Nyunt QP Physiology R Medicine (General) Anthropometric study on 2 batches of 1167 entrants to Yangon Institute of Medicine (1) showed that height, body weight, and BMI (mean + SD) for male ( n= 312; 17.4 + 0.6 yr) and female (n= 328; 17.4 + 0.7 yr) entrants in 5/2001 batch were 1.69 + 0.64m, 58.4+10.6kg, 20.44 + 3.66kg/m2,and 1.57+ 0.53m, 46.73 + 6.42kg, 18.9 + 2.43kg/m2respectively. In 12/2001 batch, the corresponding values for male ( n= 254; 16.6 + 0.5 yr) and female (n= 273; 16.5 + 0.6 yr) entrants were 1.58 + 0.43m, 55.06 + 11.3 kg, 19.19 + 3.42 kg/m2, and 1.53 + 0.3m, 46.55 + 8.09 kg, 18.53 + 3.03 kg/m2respectively. Out of 566 male students, 2% were obese, 13.4% overweight, 38.9% normal weight and 45.8% underweight (WHO expert consultation). In 601 female students, the corresponding data were 0.5%, 6.3%, 41.8 % and 51.4%. Thus in both sexes, underweight students outnumber those with ideal weight. The relationship between obesity and male sex was significant (p< 0.05). Height and weight of male University Entrants (16-18 yr; n= 233) studied in 1957 in Yangon (M.MyaTu & Ko Ko, 1962) were 1.63 + 0.06m and 47.11+7 kg. Over a period of four decades, the heights of male entrants remained similar while the body weight and hence BMI significantly increased (p<0.01). Since obesity globally is on the rise, monitoring of BMI of young adults should be continued. Myanmar Medical Association 2003 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/14710/1/ARTICLE20120104162803.pdf Thandar, Myat and Aung, Nilar and Nwe, Tin Tin and Swe, Sandar and Soe, Win Tun and Wai, Nyunt (2003) Body mass index (BMI) of Institute of Medicine (1) entrants. Myanmar Medical Journal, 47 (1-2). pp. 37-39. ISSN 0007-6259 http://myanmar.digitaljournals.org/index.php/MMJ
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description	Anthropometric study on 2 batches of 1167 entrants to Yangon Institute of Medicine (1) showed that height, body weight, and BMI (mean + SD) for male ( n= 312; 17.4 + 0.6 yr) and female (n= 328; 17.4 + 0.7 yr) entrants in 5/2001 batch were 1.69 + 0.64m, 58.4+10.6kg, 20.44 + 3.66kg/m2,and 1.57+ 0.53m, 46.73 + 6.42kg, 18.9 + 2.43kg/m2respectively. In 12/2001 batch, the corresponding values for male ( n= 254; 16.6 + 0.5 yr) and female (n= 273; 16.5 + 0.6 yr) entrants were 1.58 + 0.43m, 55.06 + 11.3 kg, 19.19 + 3.42 kg/m2, and 1.53 + 0.3m, 46.55 + 8.09 kg, 18.53 + 3.03 kg/m2respectively. Out of 566 male students, 2% were obese, 13.4% overweight, 38.9% normal weight and 45.8% underweight (WHO expert consultation). In 601 female students, the corresponding data were 0.5%, 6.3%, 41.8 % and 51.4%. Thus in both sexes, underweight students outnumber those with ideal weight. The relationship between obesity and male sex was significant (p< 0.05). Height and weight of male University Entrants (16-18 yr; n= 233) studied in 1957 in Yangon (M.MyaTu & Ko Ko, 1962) were 1.63 + 0.06m and 47.11+7 kg. Over a period of four decades, the heights of male entrants remained similar while the body weight and hence BMI significantly increased (p<0.01). Since obesity globally is on the rise, monitoring of BMI of young adults should be continued.
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author	Thandar, Myat Aung, Nilar Nwe, Tin Tin Swe, Sandar Soe, Win Tun Wai, Nyunt
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title	Body mass index (BMI) of Institute of Medicine (1) entrants
title_short	Body mass index (BMI) of Institute of Medicine (1) entrants
title_full	Body mass index (BMI) of Institute of Medicine (1) entrants
title_fullStr	Body mass index (BMI) of Institute of Medicine (1) entrants
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