The effect of abdominal obesity on insulin sensitivity and serum lipid and cytokine concentrations in African women

Clinical Endocrinology
N J CrowtherP Rheeder

Abstract

Studies have shown clear associations of abdominal obesity with lipid and glucose metabolism and cytokine levels in a number of different population groups. However, no such studies have been performed in an African population in which visceral adipose tissue levels have been shown to be lower than in European subjects. Cross-sectional analysis in 124 African women. Fasting serum samples were taken from all subjects and anthropometric measurements obtained. Blood levels of glucose, insulin, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, triglyceride, interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8 and IL-18 were measured. Subjects were separated into normal and abnormal glucose tolerant groups and into tertiles according to waist circumference (WC). Insulin resistance was assessed using the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA). Abnormal glucose-tolerant subjects had higher WC, glucose and HOMA levels than the normal glucose-tolerant group. Increased WC was associated with higher triglyceride, insulin and HOMA levels and lower HDL levels. Multiple regression analyses showed that WC associated positively with HOMA and serum triglyceride levels and negatively with HDL levels. IL18 was a positive but weak ...Continue Reading

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