Dyslipidemia Incidents Between General Obesity and Central Obesity of Employees with Obesity at Universitas Lampung

Khairun Nisa Berawi¹, Sutopo Hadi², Nur Indrawati Lipoeto³, Irza Wahid³ and Jamsari⁴

¹Departement of Physiology,Medical Faculty, Universitas Lampung, Jl. S. Brojonegoro No. 1 Gedong meneng Bandar Lampung, 35145 Indonesia.

²Departement of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural of Sciences, Universitas Lampung, Jl. S. Brojonegoro No. 1 Gedong meneng Bandar Lampung, 35145 Indonesia.

³Faculty of Medicine, University of Andalas, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan, Jati Baru, Padang, 25129, Indonesia.

⁴Faculty of Agriculture, University of Andalas, KampusLimauManis,Padang, 25163, Indonesia.

Correspoding Author  E-mail: khairun.nisa@fk.unila.ac.id

Abstract: This study aims to determine the differences in the incidence of dyslipidemia between general obesity and central obesity in adult male employees having obesity at the Universitas Lampung. This research used cross sectional observation method. The study was conducted from August to October 2016. The respondent populations involved in this study were 33 male adult employees for each obesity group. Samples were taken by consecutive sampling technique. The results revealed that the average age of the respondents were 42.9 years, where 23 respondents (34.8 %) of the respondents were suffered from dyslipidemia. The result of unpaired T test showed that there was a significant difference of dyslipidemia incidence between general obesity and central obesity in adult male employees with obesity at Universitas Lampung in 2016 with p value of 0.039. Bivariate analysis showed that central obesity has a role in increasing the incidence of dyslipidemia greater than general obesity.

Keywords: Central Obesity; Dyslipidemia; General Obesity

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