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Fırat Tıp Dergisi
2009, Cilt 14, Sayı 3, Sayfa(lar) 181-185
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Assessment of Body Composition in Familial Mediterranean Fever
İsmail SARI1, Tevfik DEMİR2, Gerçek CAN1, Servet AKAR1, Merih BİRLİK1, Fatoş ÖNEN1, Mehmet TUNCA3, Nurullah AKKOÇ1
1Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Romatoloji Anabilim Dalı, İZMİR, Türkiye
2Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Endokrinoloji Anabilim Dalı, İZMİR, Türkiye
3Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, İZMİR, Türkiye

Objective: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory rheumatic disease characterized by the recurrent attacks of serositis. The aim of the present study is to examine the body composition in patients with FMF.

Materials and Methods: 38 FMF patients and 31 healthy control subjects included in the study. Patients with hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia were excluded. Body composition was assessed by anthropometrically (body mass index; BMI, waist circumference and waist to hip ratio), skinfold measurements and bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) methods.

Results: Age, sex distribution, smoking status, BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratios were similar between both FMF and control groups (p>0.05). Fat mass (estimated from both Siri's equation and BIA), fat free mass and total body water amounts were comparable between FMF and control groups (p>0.05). Correlation analysis revealed significant correlations between disease duration, ESR and body fat estimated from BIA (p<0.05). Siri's fat percent was significantly correlated with age disease duration and ESR (p<0.05). Total body water was also correlated with age and ESR (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Our study indicated that body composition is not different in FMF patients when compared with healthy subjects.


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