ANALYSIS OF FAMILY BASED FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN PAKISTAN

Obesity is considered a risk factor for preeclampsia and there are many common mechanisms that link obesity with a higher risk of developing preeclampsia. The basic aim of the study is to analyze the family based factors associated with overweight and obesity in Pakistan. This cross sectional study was conducted in LGH, Lahore during January 2019 to September 2019. The data was collected from 200 pregnant female patients who visited the OPD of the hospital regularly. The inclusion criteria for the participants included: (1) age up to 50 years, (2) ability to answer the questionnaire, and (3) living in the selected communities for more than 6 months in the past year. In this study we selected patients who was suffering from obesity and hypertension. For this purpose we select the patients from both genders. We design an analysis survey for the collection of data. Results: The data was collected from 200 female patients. The mean and median ages of the study participants were 35 and 32 years old respectively. Regarding the self or family history of any chronic disease; 50 (50%), and 16 (3.3%) of the total study participants were known hypertensive, and diabetes mellitus (DM) patients respectively, while 82 (16.8%) and 64 (13.1%) have family history of hypertension and DM respectively.