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

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.