Contribution of Visceral Fat Accumulation to Metabolic and Vascular Complications in Obesity.
10.2185/jjrm.44.592
- VernacularTitle:肥満患者における内臓脂肪型肥満といわゆる成人病との関連
- Author:
Tsuneo OHNO
;
Keisuke ITOH
;
Wataru MURAMATSU
;
Tomomitsu TANI
;
Fuminori OKUMURA
;
Yoshiaki YAMADA
;
Kunio KASUGAI
;
Toshiaki SHIGEYASU
;
Takashi MONOE
;
Kouji NAGAHARA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1995;44(4):592-596
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
In patients with the visceral fat type obesity, there is a high incidence of glucose and lipid metabolic abnormalities and hypertension. We obtained the following results from a study of the relationship between the degree of visceral fat obesity and metabolic and vascular complications in 98 obese patients with various complications.
1. Viceral fat obesity (V/S ratio ≥ 0.4) was found in 74% of the subjects. The incidence was higher in males than females. The highest incidence was observed in both men and women in thier 40s, and there was no increase with age.
2. The V/S ratio was high in patients with hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and fatty liver in that order. In the V/S ≥ 0.4 group, there was a higher incidence of hyperlipidemia and ischemic heart disease than in the V/S<0.4 group.
3. The V/S ratio was higher in the patients with two or more metabolic and vascular complications than in those with only one complication.
4. A questionnaire survey showed that there were many individuals who did almost no exercise and had a long history of obesity in the V/S ≥ 0.4 group.
5. The V/S ≥ 0.4 group had high triglyceride levels. There was a positive correlation between the V/ S ratio or V value and the trigyceride level, but no correlation between S value and triglyceride level.
