Relationship among Obesity, Blood Lipids and Insulin Resistance in Bangladeshi Adults

Syeda Umme Fahmida Malik^1,2*, Zabed Mahmud^2,3, Jahangir Alam², Mohammad Shahidul Islam⁴ and Abul Kalam Azad²

¹Department of Biochemistry, North East Medical College, Bangladesh

²Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh

³Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Canada

⁴Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh

^*Corresponding Author: Syeda Umme Fahmida Malik, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, North East Medical College, PO-3100, Sylhet, Bangladesh, Tel: +8801712241134, Fax: 0821728600 Email:

Keywords: Insulin resistance; Dyslipidemia; Obesity; Body mass index

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