Associations between trunk-to-peripheral fat ratio and cardiometabolic risk factors in elderly Japanese men: baseline data from the Fujiwara-kyo Osteoporosis Risk in Men (FORMEN) study.
In: Environmental Health & Preventive Medicine, Jg. 26 (2021-03-20), Heft 1, S. 1-12
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Background: Body mass-independent parameters might be more appropriate for assessing cardiometabolic abnormalities than weight-dependent indices in Asians who have relatively high visceral adiposity but low body fat. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-measured trunk-to-peripheral fat ratio is one such body mass-independent index. However, there are no reports on relationships between DXA-measured regional fat ratio and cardiometabolic risk factors targeting elderly Asian men. Methods: We analyzed cross-sectional data of 597 elderly men who participated in the baseline survey of the Fujiwara-kyo Osteoporosis Risk in Men (FORMEN) study, a community-based single-center prospective cohort study conducted in Japan. Whole-body fat and regional fat were measured with a DXA scanner. Trunk-to-appendicular fat ratio (TAR) was calculated as trunk fat divided by appendicular fat (sum of arm and leg fat), and trunk-to-leg fat ratio (TLR) as trunk fat divided by leg fat. Results: Both TAR and TLR in the group of men who used ≥ 1 medication for hypertension, dyslipidemia, or diabetes ("user group"; N = 347) were significantly larger than those who did not use such medication ("non-user group"; N = 250) (P < 0.05). After adjusting for potential confounding factors including whole-body fat, both TAR and TLR were significantly associated with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, fasting serum insulin, and the insulin resistance index in the non-user group and non-overweight men in the non-user group (N = 199). Conclusion: The trunk-to-peripheral fat ratio was associated with cardiometabolic risk factors independently of whole-body fat mass. Parameters of the fat ratio may be useful for assessing cardiometabolic risk factors, particularly in underweight to normal-weight populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Associations between trunk-to-peripheral fat ratio and cardiometabolic risk factors in elderly Japanese men: baseline data from the Fujiwara-kyo Osteoporosis Risk in Men (FORMEN) study.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Kouda, Katsuyasu ; Fujita, Yuki ; Ohara, Kumiko ; Tachiki, Takahiro ; Tamaki, Junko ; Yura, Akiko ; Moon, Jong-Seong ; Kajita, Etsuko ; Uenishi, Kazuhiro ; Iki, Masayuki |
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Zeitschrift: | Environmental Health & Preventive Medicine, Jg. 26 (2021-03-20), Heft 1, S. 1-12 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1342-078X (print) |
DOI: | 10.1186/s12199-021-00959-9 |
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