Evaluation of Total White Blood Cells in Obese Subject in Khartoum State 2017

Authors: Wala M Mostafa, Ibrahim A Ali*, Omer A Musa and Elmutaz H Taha

DOI: 10.23880/hij-16000148

Volume 3, Issue 2

Abstract

Background: This research aimed to investigate the effect of obesity WBCs count and to compare WBCs count of obese subjects early in the morning and in the late evening to explore the effect of normal activates on TWBCs. Methods: Across sectional facility-based study was conducted in the Khartoum state during the period of Sep 2017 to Nov 2017 among Sudanese obese subjects of age between 15-45 years old Result: There is variation in number of TWBS early in the morning comparing to late in the evening.The mean value of TWBCs for morning was 6.29 with standard deviation of 1.75 and the mean of TWBS result for evening is 7.37 with standard deviation of 1.78. The pair sample T test was significant with a P value 0.00 Conclusion: There is significant increase in number of TWBCs at the end of the day in obese subject, the cause may be due to the normal activity of obese considered as exercise.

Keywords: BMI; White blood cells; World health organization

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