IS THERE ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN BODY WEIGHT AND URINE NITRITE

Abstract

The objective of this project was to draw a relation between body weight and urine nitrites. If nitrates are in urine, it is considered as normal condition, but if nitrites are present in urine, it is an indication of any infection we have. When a bacterial infection in urinary tract occurs, this is an indication of the presence of nitrites in urine. This is known as urinary tract infection. This tract involves kidneys, ureters, bladders and urethra. Bacteria reproduce fast in urinary tract. There are certain bacteria that converts nitrates into nitrites enzymatically.Nitrituria, is a condition when results for nitrites in urine is positive. In this case, doctor recommends for urine culture test. By this test, we can check the type of bacteria that is actually the cause of urinary tract infection.We took 100 samples of urine of people and performed urinalysis. Urine was physically analyzed and applied the dip stick method. in this project, nitrites presence in the urine was tested. This project was depended on the questionnaire and asked the participants about their urinalysis and body weight. Particularly we asked about their nitrites in their urine. Majority of them was not aware about the nitrites. There was only a small fraction of female in the range of their body weight of 50kg-60kg had positive results. This fraction was only 4% and only 2% males in the range of 50kg-70kg of their weights. It was inferred that there was no significant relationship between normal body weight and nitrites in urine.