Hubungan Status Gizi Dengan Kadar Kolesterol Total Pada Masyarakat Di Kelurahan Bahu Kecamatan Malalayang Manado

Abstract

: Total cholesterol level reading as an indicator can be use to assess the risk of heart disease. Nutritional status is a form of imbalance between intake the body needs and it can be lead to malnutrition and over nutrition. To determine the nutritional status can be used by calculating the body mass index as an indicator to assessing the obesity. Hypercholesterolemia level with obesity related to pathologic condition likes atherosclerosis and heart disease. This research is aim to understand the relationship between nutritional status and total cholesterol level in the community at Bahu village Malalayang Subdistrict Manado. The study method of this analytic is cross-sectional disign study. The sampling technique used is probability sampling by simple random sampling which is conducted of 63 persons. The statistic result show by used chi-square test is p = 0,557 with confident interval 95%. The p value mean it\u27s bigger than α (0,05).The conclution means there is no significant relationship between nutritional status and total cholesterol level in the community at Bahu village Malalayang Subdistrict Manado