Relationship of upper body fat distribution to serum glucose and lipids in a Costa Rican population

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ID8312653
AutoresStephen Bailey (0000-0001-5601-3650, Tufts University), Hannia Campos (0000-0001-9964-6802, Tufts University), Karl Schosinsky (Universidad de Costa Rica), Leonardo Mata (0000-0002-4142-8666, Universidad de Costa Rica)
Año1987
Volumen73
Número1
Páginas111-117
Fecha de publicación1987-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330730111
PMID3618748
OpenAlexW2057049343
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas26

Present models of the relation between subcutaneous fat distribution and serum biochemistries have been based largely on U.S. White populations. To determine interpopulational differences in that relation, we measured 68 clinically normal adult Costa Ricans aged 17–32. Data collected included six skinfolds: triceps, subscapular, suprailiac, umbilical, anterior midthigh, and medial calf; height, weight, and four fasting serum parameters: glucose, triglyceride, cholesterol, and high‐density lipoprotein (HDL). Correlations between standardized skinfold ratios and biochemistries were highest–on the order of 0.40–0.50–for upper‐lower body contrasts to triglyceride and cholesterol in males and to glucose and HDL in females. Canonical correlation analysis, with body mass index partialed out, found significant correlations for the first male variate and the first two female variates. The first male variate was positively weighted on subscapular fatness and on triglyceride and cholesterol, respectively. The two female skinfold variates were positively weighted on subscapular and on outer limbs, respectively, while their corresponding biochemical variates were weighted on glucose and triglyceride and on cholesterol and HDL, respectively. These findings are generally consistent with those based on U.S. populations but suggest that in non‐Anglo populations, upper trunk fatness may be more relevant than anterior waist fatness to biochemical dysfunction

Biology · Body mass index · Cholesterol · Fat distribution · Obesity · Population · Triglyceride · Waist · Body Composition Measurement Techniques · Endocrinology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Sports Performance and Training · Thermoregulation and physiological responses