Title

Linking body mass index and intelligence among Indian medical students

Authors

Siktha Samanta¹, Yuvaraj Maria Francis², K Balaji*², Gunapriya Raghunath², Samuel Sundar Doss^3, Madhan Krishnan⁴ & Shyamaladevi Babu⁴

Affiliation

¹Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Medical College, Saveetha institute of medical and technical sciences, Thandalam, Chennai - 602 105, India; ²Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Medical College, Saveetha institute of medical and technical sciences, Thandalam, Chennai- 602 105, India; ³Department of Physiology, Saveetha Medical College, Saveetha institute of medical and technical sciences, Thandalam, Chennai - 602 105, India; ⁴Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, chengalpattu - 603103 India; *Corresponding author

Email

K. Balaji – E-mail: mevsig@gmail.com
Siktha Samantha - E-mail: siktha2002@gmail.com
Yuvaraj Maria Francis - E-mail: sujinalways@gmail.com
Gunapriya Raghunath - E-mail: gunapriya.anatomy@gmail.com
Samuel Sundar Doss - E-mail: samsundar09@gmail.com
Madhan Krishnan - E-mail: kmadhan91@gmail.com
Shyamaladevi Babu - E-mail: shyamdevi06@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 2, 2022; Revised September 30, 2022; Accepted September 30, 2022, Published September 30, 2022

The intelligence quotient (IQ) is a dependable measurement for intellectual functioning that reflects computable cognitive abilities. According to earlier cross-sectional studies designs, developing higher BMI related to decreased IQ in adolescents population. Therefore, it is of interest to determine the correlation between IQ and BMI. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale-IV was used to assess intelligence. Body Mass Index (weight in kg/height in metre squares) was calculated using height and weight. A questionnaire was developed after the elaborated discussion and circulated among the students. The data was then analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2019. The correlation among intelligent quotient and BMI was found to be positive: r = 0.447, N = 300, p<0.05. Data shows that the IQ score is moderately associated with BMI. However, the other factors such as, parental IQ, nutrition, and socioeconomic status is taken into account, this effect appears to differ.

Keywords

Adolescent, Body Mass Index, Correlation, Intelligence Quotient.

Citation

Samanta et al. Bioinformation 18(9): 816-819 (2022)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.