A comparative study on health status among men and women employees in Mahatma Gandhi University

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare that BMI, Body Fat Percentage, Blood Pressure, Lean Body Mass among Men and Women employees in Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam. There were 50 Men and 50 Women employees from various departments in Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam participated in the study. To measure Blood Pressure, Digital Blood Pressure apparatus was used. To measure BMI, Body Fat Percentage, Lean Body Mass, the Maltron body composition analyzer was used. To statistically examine the data related to selected variables independent t-test was performing using SPSS. The study revealed that there is a significant difference in terms of Body Fat percentage, Blood Pressure and Lean Body Mass between Men and Women employees of Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam. There is no significance difference exists in relation of BMI between Men and Women employees of Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam.