Correlation Between Obesity and the Depth of Lumbar Lordosis in Obesity-Typed Women in Internal Medicine Clinic Dustira Military Hospital Cimahi

—Obesity is one of the health problems in Indonesia. According to Indonesia's Research Data Institute in 2013, the prevalence of obesity in Indonesia is greater in women and the age group of 50–54 years old. Obesity is one of the risk factors of various diseases, one of them is lumbar lordosis because of the change in a person’s center of gravity. Lumbar lordosis is also one of the predisposing factors of low back pain. According to this situation, this research is focusing on the correlation between the depth of lumbar lordosis and obesity-typed women in the Internal Medicine Clinic, Dustira Military Hospital. This study is an analytical study using a cross-sectional approach. The sample size is 40 women of 40–50 years old with the BMI category is obese. This sample is taken using consecutive sampling. Data were analyzed descriptively and statistically using Spearman correlation. The result shows that there is a significant correlation between the depth of lumbar lordosis and obesity (r=0,843, p=<0,001)