Protective effect of leg fat against cardiovascular risk factors in obese premenopausal women
| Autor: | Giacomo Tirabassi, Paola Canibus, Marco Boscaro, Emanuela Faloia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Waist Adolescent Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Medicine (miscellaneous) Blood Pressure Body Mass Index Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Body Fat Distribution Humans Obesity Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry Triglycerides Leg Nutrition and Dietetics medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Quantitative insulin sensitivity check index Anthropometry Glucose Tolerance Test Middle Aged medicine.disease Blood pressure Endocrinology Adipose Tissue Premenopause Cardiovascular Diseases Female Metabolic syndrome Insulin Resistance Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD. 19(1) |
| ISSN: | 1590-3729 |
| Popis: | Background and aims While the relationship between abdominal fat and cardiovascular risk (CVR) factors is well established, the possible protective role of peripheral fat against these factors has received less attention, particularly in severely obese individuals. The principal aim of this study was to analyse the relationship, if any, among amount of leg fat, CVR factors and body mass index (BMI) in obese premenopausal women. Methods and results Subjects were 80 obese premenopausal women. Body composition was measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA); CVR factors (blood pressure, plasma lipids, glucose) were determined and anthropometric measurements (waist and hip circumferences) taken. In severely obese women (BMI > 40 kg/m2) leg fat correlated negatively with CVR factors, whereas metabolic parameters were not significantly different from those of subjects with BMI Conclusions Leg fat seems to play a protective role against CVR factors in severely obese premenopausal women. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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