Anthropometric and hormonal-andmetabolic parameters in abdominal obesity

Abstract

То examine the distribution of fatty tissue in patients with ab­dominal obesity by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to evaluate the relationship between the area of visceral fatty tis­sue and their anthropometric and hormonal-and-metabolic parameters, 31 individuals aged 20-40 years were examined. There were 15 females with a waist circumference (WC) of > 80 cm and a waist-hip ratio (WHR) of > 0.85 and 16 males with > 94 cm and 0.95, respectively. In the course of this study, the  authors estimated anthropometric parameters such as body mass, body mass index, WC, and WHR, and meas­ured blood pressure. In all the patients, the areas of visceral and subcutaneous fatty tissues at the level of L_IV were deter­mined by MRI; the levels of lipids, lipoproteins, glucose, and insulin were measured. Our study has indicated that predom­inantly abdominal and visceral obesity was generally combined with hyperinsulinemia and hypercholesterolemia in patients with Stages I and II arterial hypertension. It has been ascertained that it is impossible to diagnose predominant visceral obesity in females, unlike males, by using anthropometric parameters. MRI is the method of choice in verifying the diagnosis of fe­male visceral obesity