Correlation between Yoga with Age, BMI in Diabetic Subjects

ABSTRACT

Diabetes is a serious health condition thataffects in all age groups and causes a big part of morbidity andmortality. People are greater risk of diabetes due to improperdietary practice, unhealthy life style, lack of physical exercise.The present study was conducted to assess the health statusthrough BMI in diabetic patients aged between 30- 50 years(All subjects had Type-2 diabetes) and correlate between yogawith age, BMI in diabetic subjects.Material and Methods: Multistage stratified samplingtechnique was used for selecting 50 samples and aninterviewed scheduled was evolved to collect informationregarding socio-economic profile, dietary pattern, Yoga etc.Statistical analysis was performed to find out the effect ofall factors on diabetes with the Cross tabulation was used toperform statistical calculation using SPSS.Result: As per result obtained Positive and insignificantcorrelations were observed between BMI with fasting bloodsugar level, before, after yoga and changes in the present study(p>0.05). Negative and significant correlation was observedbetween age with changes in fasting blood sugar level amongthe respondents.Conclusion: from the above observations, it can be concludedthat regular exercise (Yoga) may prevent new-onset of Type2-diabetes, especially in patients with high BMI and highglucose level