Relationship of Body Fat Distribution and Serum Lipids in Men.
- Author:
Byung Yeol CHUN
;
Min Hae YEH
;
Sung Kook LEE
;
Yun Kyeong RHO
;
Soon Yeol NAM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Adipose Tissue*;
Adult;
Body Fat Distribution*;
Cardiovascular Diseases;
Cholesterol;
Fasting;
Gyeongsangbuk-do;
Hip;
Humans;
Lipoproteins;
Male;
Obesity, Abdominal;
Subcutaneous Fat;
Thigh;
Triglycerides;
Ultrasonography;
Waist Circumference;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Korean Journal of Epidemiology
1994;16(1):28-40
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This study was conducted to investigate the relationship of body fatness indicators and serum lipids (total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low density lipoprotein(LDL) cholesterol, triglycerides, myocardial infarction(MI) index) to find anthropometric indicators of body fat distribution that are strongly associated with serum lipids. 347 adult male workers of an industry in Kyungpook province were selected and data on the general characteristics were obtained using questionnaire from June 26 to June 29, 1991. Serum lipids were tested with 5 ml fasting blood and height, weight, circumferences of waist, hip and mid-thigh, five subcutaneous fat thickeness(biceps, triceps, supscapular, suprailiac, thigh) were mea sured using Ultrasound type A TATT. Waist circumference, waist/hip circumference ratio and subcutaneous fat thickness of suprailiac area are significantly increased with increasing age, but thigh circumference is significantly decreased (P< 0.05). These results suggest that central obesity is closely related to age and waist circumference may be the best indicator of body fatness or body fat distribution in men. In younger age group(below 40 year old), the result of canonical correlations analysis suggests that circumferences(0.501) was slightly closely related to serum lipids than subcutaneous fat thickness(0.493), however, in older age group (above 40 year old), subcutaneous fat thickness(0.528) were more strongly associated with serum lipids than circumferences(0.419). Weighted canonical analyses suggest that biceps and suprailiac areas in younger age group and sub scapular area in older age group are stronger indicators of serum lipids among .subcutaneous fatness measurements. Of the circumferences, waist is the most strongest indicator of serum lipids in both age groups. Therefore, it is recommended that circumference of waist and subcutaneous fat thickness of subscapular area should be measured to estimate the degree of central obesity for preventing cardiovascular disease in men.
