Obesity: Effect on sympathetic nervous system
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چکیده
Obesity is recognized as a major, worldwide, health problem. Excess weight greatly increases the risk for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and renal diseases. The present study was conducted in Department of Physiology, Index Medical College, Indore. 50 obese (25 male 25 female) non-obese were included. Sympathetic tests performed on both groups. All data are expressed mean± standard deviation. Comparison between groups (obese male, female using student's t-test (t-test two independent samples / Two-tailed test). Differences considered significance at p<0.05. It observed that young adults had reduced sympathetic activity. This altered balance autonomic nervous system disorders.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International journal of advanced research in medicine
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2706-9567', '2706-9575']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/27069567.2022.v4.i2a.388