Day-Night Variation of BMI, Lung capacity and Chest Expansion

on Certain Asian Ethnic Groups within the Age Groups of 19-24

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Song Poh Siang , Pravina Nair , Foo Sulyn ,Haizewarya Thirunavakarasu , . 2
1 MBBS Students, 2 Department of Anatomy, Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus), Manipal University, India.
Distribution of Difference of All Measurements Taken
Introduction : 30
BMI 28
27
Lung Capacity Chest Expansion
The Body Mass Index (BMI), chest expansion and lung volume
play an important role in planning treatment regime, providing 25 Chinese female
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21 Chinese male
nutritional advice and selection criteria for training purpose.
20 18 Indian female

Frequency
15 16 Indian male
Objectives: 15 13 13 Malay female
12 11 12
To analyse the day-night variation of BMI, lung capacity and 10 9 10 10 Malay male
10 8 8 8
chest expansion in healthy Malaysian adults from different 77 7 6 65 7
ethnic groups within the age group of 19-24. 5 4 4 5 4
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Methodology:
The weight and height were measured using electronic
balance and measuring tape respectively.
Peak expiratory flow rate and chest expansion were
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determined using peak flow metre and inch tape respectively.
All the parameters were measured during the day and night
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on 120 young adults.
BMI Difference
Weight Height 0.5

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0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

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Subjects
Graph Showing Distribution of BMI Difference against Subjects(Night Compared to
Day)

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-250 -200 -150 -100 -50 0 50 100 150 200

P Difference -1

Peak expiratory flow

C Difference

rate -2
Chest expansion

Results: -3

Distribution of 120 Studied Subjects Chinese Female

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Chinese Male
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12% 4% 11% Indian Female
Graph showing Peak Expiratory Flow Rate Difference against Chest
Indian Male Expansion Difference( Night Compared to Day)
16% 30% Malay Female Conclusion:
The increase in BMI at night found in all ethnic groups was
Malay Male
27% because of the decrease in height observed during night
compared to the day in all ethnic groups.
The chest expansion remained same or without significant
difference throughout the day.
There was slight increase in lung capacity during night in all
Asian ethnic groups we studied.