PMID: 15374132Jan 1, 1997Paper

Evidence for bone mass and body fat distribution relationship in postmenopausal obese women

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
B TarquiniR Tarquini

Abstract

The measurement of bone mass, a reliable predictor of osteoporotic fractures, in obese subjects has yielded conflicting results and bone mass has been reported to be elevated, normal or decreased. These observations indicate that factors other than body weight may be involved in the less risk for osteoporosis in obese subjects. In order to clarify the role of body fat distribution on bone density we studied sixty postmenopausal overweight/obese women with Body Mass Index (BMI) over 25 kg/m(2). Thirty five age-matched, nonobese postmenopausal women, served as controls. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured at the proximal and ultradistal non dominant forearm using a double energy X-ray absorption (DEXA) apparatus. The waist/hip circumferences ratio (WHR) was used, in obese group, as an anthropometric estimation of the abdominal (WHR>0.85) to lower-extremity (WHR>0.85) fat proportion. The results were analyzed by Student t-test, ANOVA, and multiple linear regression analysis. No difference was found in BMD between obese group and controls, but a highly significant (P<0.001) positive correlation has been documented between proximal and ultradistal radius bone mineral density and waist/hip ratio in the obese group. Instead not si...Continue Reading

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