T2DM has increase in global-morbidity and mortality. Oxidative stress and adiponectin-levels are important for insulin-resistance and pancreatic-b-cell-dysfunction in T2DM. Okra fruit is rich of quercetin and phytosterol which have positive-effect for T2DM. Research aimed was to study the effect of okra-flour to adiponectin-levels and total-antioxidant-capacity (TAC) in T2DM. Thirty Wistar-rats were divided randomly in five groups. K1 and (X1, X2 and X3)-treated-groups were in T2DM-condition-induced by high-fat-diet-(HFD)-Streptozotochin-(STZ)-nicotinamid-(NA). Healthy-controls-(K2)-group was also used. Okra-flour was given orally for 28 days at doses of 0.1; 0.2 and 0.3 g/Kg-body-weight/d to X1, X2 and X3-groups, respectively. Statistical program was used to analyse the different between pre-post-intervention, and between groups. Correlations between variables were also analysed. The serum-adiponectin and TAC-levels were measured by ELISA and ABTS-methods, respectively. By comparing pre and post-intervention, adiponectin levels of all-intervention-(X1, X2, X3)-group were  increase (p = 0.027 for X1 and X2; p = 0.028 for X3), while in the same period the decrease were found in group K1 (p = 0.026) and K2 (p = 0.028). Increase-TAC-levels pre-post-intervention was observed in group all-intervention-groups (p = 0.027), while no change in K1 (p = 0.66) and the decrease in group K2 (p = 0.039). Reduce-fasting-blood-glucose-levels pre-post-intervention were shown in the all-intervention-groups (p = 0.028), while for the K1 groups was increase (p = 0.028). There were significant differences between the five-groups on fasting-blood-glucose-levels, adiponectin and TAC-levels, and X3-group showed the highest adiponectin and TAC-levels. Very-strong-correlations were found between glucose-adiponectin-TAC-levels-post-intervention. Okra-flour make better glucose-adiponectin and TAC-levels in T2DM-conditions. Okra dose of 0.30 g/Kg-body-weight/day is the best in increasing adiponectin and TAC-levels.

Obesity is a risk factor for increased blood pressure and triglyceride levels, which then becomes a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Measuring waist circumference ratio to know the high risk of DM II disease, cholesterol, hypertension, and heart. Measurement of abdominal circumference is done to determine whether there is abdominal or central obesity. This type of obesity is very influential on the incidence of disease complications. This research is a cross-sectional analytic research. Subjects of adults aged 30-60 years are from secondary data of metabolic syndrome study which has been examined for blood pressure and stomach circumference of 45 people in Laboratory of West Sumatera. The sensitivity and specificity tests were performed using Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve (ROC). Age of respondents in general in the range 50-60 years with a percentage of 64.4%. Based on the ROC curve, RLPP has the ability to identify the standard hypertension indicator (AUC 0.783) is not good enough as an indicator to detect the risk of complications in hypertension and poor (poor AUC 0.648) as an indicator of hypertension risk. The ROC results show that RLPP is slightly better than LP but both are not reliable enough as indicators for hypertension.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui aktivitas antioksidan saat sebelum dan setelah pengeringan buah Okra. Analisis fisik meliputi analisis warna dan PSD (Particle Size Distribution). Analisis kimia meliputi uji pH, conductivity dan TDS (Total Disolve Solid). Uji aktivitas antioksidan dilakukan dengan metode DPPH. Analisis data warna menggunakan uji korelasi. Data PSD, uji pH, konduktivitas, TDS, dan aktivitas antioksidan disajikan secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengeringan buah Okra menjadi tepung Okra, tidak merusak aktivitas antioksidan. Proses pengeringan tepung Okra meningkatkan derajat kecerahan Okra dengan hasil uji statistik nilai L* <0,0001 dan a* 0,0002 (p<0,05). Distribusi ukuran partikel tepung Okra lebih kecil sehingga mudah larut dalam air. Buah Okra memiliki pH yang lebih asam yang mengakibatkan konduktivitasnya menjadi lebih tinggi sehingga padatan yang terlarut (kation, anion, mineral) juga semakin tinggi. Kesimpulannya, aktivitas antioksidan tepung buah Okra dapat diidentifikasi baik sebelum maupun setelah pengeringan dan proses pengeringan dapat berhasil memelihara aktivitas antioksidannya.This study aims to determine the physical, chemical, and antioxidant activities before and after drying the Okra fruit. Color analysis and PSD (Particle Size Distribution) were measured for physical analysis. pH test, conductivity, and TDS (Total Disolve Solid) was also measured as chemical analysis. Antioxidant activity was tested using DPPH. Color data was analyzed using correlation test. PSD data, pH test, conductivity, TDS, and antioxidant activity were presented descriptively. The results showed that drying Okra fruit to produce Okra flour did not damage antioxidant activity. The drying process of Okra flour brightening the color of the Okra fruit and in accordance with the statistical test that was resulted value of L* <0.0001 and a* 0,0002 (p <0.05). The particle size distribution of Okra flour was categorized as small. A much more acidic pH and higher in conductivity were found in the fresh Okra. As conclusion, antioxidant activity of Okra flour could be determined and the drying may be applied since able to maintain antioxidant activity in Okra flour.