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ea0037ep632 | Obesity and cardiovascular endocrinology | ECE2015

The relationship between haemoglobin and BMI in overweight and obese patients

Gozkaman Ayse , Okuturlar Yildiz , Mert Meral , Harmankaya Ozlem , Kumbasar Abdulbaki

Introduction: Both overweight/obesity and central obesity were inversely associated with anemia in the studies. In our study, we aimed to determine the relationship between different haemoglobin (Hb) levels and BMI.Materials and methods: A total of 146 patients (131 (89.1%) female and 15 (10.2%) male) were enrolled in the study. Patients were divided into five groups namely group-1 (Hb ≤7 g/dl), group-2 (7 g/dl<Hb ≤10 g/dl), group-3 (10 g...