The Influence of Aging and Obesity on the Physical Health of Females.

VernacularTitle:加令と肥満が女性の身体に及ぼす影響について
Author: Tetsuo MORIMOTO ; Fujio MURAKAMI ; Yasuhiko MIYOSHI ; Hiroaki KAWANO ; Ikuo MITANI ; Yukinori OKAZAKI
Publication Type:Journal Article
From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 1991;40(2):113-117
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: The subjects are 223 women who participated in a mass medical examination. Their ages are between 40 and 79 years. We divided them into four age groups, and studied how aging and obesity influenced their physical health. The results showed the obesity index and serum total protein level were significantly low in the 70-to-79 age group. The serum total cholesterol level was significantly high in the age group between 40 and 50, and it was thought that the elevated cholesterol levels were due to menopause. Thus in females this suggests that a great physical change occurs first in the age group between 40 and 50, and second in the age group between 60 and 70.
Using 165 female cases whose ages were between 40 and 69 years were subdivided into four obesity index groups, we studied how the obesity influenced their physical health. The results showed that the problems include the elevation of diastolic blood pressure levels and serum uric acid levels.