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Oct 25-26, 2018 Budapest, Hungary
21 st World Obesity Conference
World Obesity-2018 Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy | ISSN : 2165-7904
Abdelhamid Kerkadi
Qatar University, Qatar
Abdelhamid Kerkadi et al., J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2018, Volume:8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C10-084
Co- Author
Walaa Mohammed, Hafsa Faqih,
Omama Abou Aker and
Nassar Risk
Qatar University, Qatar
Association between fat distribution and iron status among Qatari
obese adults
Background: The prevalence of obesity in Qatar has reached an alarming rate. In addition,
high prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) was observed
in Gulf countries. In the early 1960's an inverse relationship between plasma iron and
adiposity was reported. To date, no data exist to elucidate the relationship between iron
status and obesity among Qatari population.
Objectives: The objectives of the study were to examine the relationship between
fat distribution (waist circumference (WC), total body fat percentage, and trunk fat
percentage) and iron status biomarkers in Qatari adults.
Methods: Secondary data was obtained from Qatar BioBank. Two hundred (200) samples
of Qatari obese (male and female) aged 21-50 years free of chronic diseases were randomly
selected. Collected data included anthropometric measurements (weight, height, BMI,
WC, percentage of total fat and percentage of trunk fat) and iron status biomarkers (iron,
ferritin, TIBC, Hgb, RBC). IDAwas defined as Hgb<12 g/100 ml for female and Hgb<13
g/100 ml for male. Data analyses were performed using SPSS software version 24.0. The
values were expressed as mean±SD. The Pearson Chi-square test was used to describe
the categorical variables. T-test and ANOVA were used to describe differences between
groups. A p-value<0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
Results: A high statistically significant association (P<0.05) was observed between IDA
and the increase in trunk fat (low class: 3.0%, medium: 10.1%, and high class: 10.6%).
Results revealed a decrease in ferritin, Hgb, serum iron and RBC with an increase in
percentage of fat. There was a statistically significant correlation between the trunk fat
percentage and iron status indicators: ferritin (r= -0.48), Hgb (r= -0.64), serum iron (r=
-0.29) and RBC (r= -0.51). Moreover, a positive significant correlation was noted between
WC and all iron status biomarkers.
Conclusion: The present work is the first to demonstrate the association between
iron status and fat distribution among Qatari. The results of this study reported a high
prevalence of IDA among obese. Abdominal obesity determined by WC was statistically
correlated iron biomarkers.
Biography
Abdelhamid Kerkadi has obtained his PhD in Human Nutrition fromDepartment of Nutrition, College of Medicine,
University of Montreal, Canada in 1999. He joined Qatar University in 2006 and he was Program Coordinator
from 2009-2012. He is currently an Associate Professor in Human Nutrition Program, Department of Health
Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University. His research is manly oriented to community nutrition
and nutrition intervention especially in obesity prevention. He recently received a grant (NPRP-Exceptional)
from Qatar National Research Fund. He has published peer-reviewed articles in many journals. He serves as
the Editorial Board Member of Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science, Journal of Food, Journal of
Agriculture and Environmental and International Journal of Nutrition.