Relationship of obesity with vital lung capacity in Medical Faculty student of Jenderal Achmad Yani University Apen Afgani, Ali Yasin, Priatna, Muhammad Adam Zulqarnain
Medical Faculty, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani
Abstract
Obesity is a disorder or disease that is characterized by abnormal accumulation of fat or excessive in adipose tissue which can interfere their health. In people with obesity there are fat deposits in the thoracic cavity and stomach dicrease of causing process respiratory disorder, therefore it tends to occur on obesity pulmonary capacity which would result in a decrease in lung function. The purpose of this research was know the relationship of obesity with vital lung capacity. The subject of research were the obese Medical Faculty student of Jenderal Achmad Yani University from batch 2015 until batch 2018. The sample was obtained by as many as 31 people whom obtained using simple random sampling. This research method used correlative analytic observational study with cross-sectional. Data analysis using SPSS program to test the Spearman Correlation Test. Results of the research showed a relationship between Lung vital capacity with obesity in students of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Jenderal Achmad Yani (p < 0.05). The higher of the body mass index values causes vital lung capacity decreased.
