Relationship between subcutaneous fat distribution and serum lipids and blood pressures in italian men

✍ Scribed by Marcella Folin; Eva Contiero

• Book ID: 102700795
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 560 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1042-0533
• DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1310060407

✦ Synopsis

The associations of an index of centripetal adipose tissue distribution, based on skinfold thicknesses, with levels of triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, blood pressures, and the body mass index (BMI) were analyzed in 197 male blood donors, 20-59 years of age, who were asymptomatic of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Serum lipid variables were correlated with the BMI independently of the index of centripetal adipose tissue distribution. After adjustment for age, only triglyceride levels were positively correlated with the index of centripetal subcutaneous fat distribution irrespective of the BMI. Thus in the population studied, subcutaneous fat distribution appears to be a weak correlate of cardiovascular disease risk factors, except for triglycer-

Methods

Subjects Subjects were a random sample of 197 males, 20-59 years, selected from the blood donors' list of the Transfusion Center of Camposampiero Hospital (PD). The blood donors were examined by laboratory tests and were free of known diabetes or cardiovascular diseases.

Anthropomett-y Anthropometric dimensions were taken during blood donation with the subjects