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Fırat Tıp Dergisi
2016, Cilt 21, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 035-039
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The Relationship between Various Measures of Body Composition and Arterial Stiffness in Healthy Male Individuals
Musluhittin Emre ERKUŞ, Halil ALTIPARMAK, Zekeriya KAYA, Recep DEMİRBAĞ, Özgür GÜNEBAKMAZ, Yusuf SEZEN
Harran Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Kardiyoloji, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye

Objective: Obesity and arterial stiffness are associated with the increased risk of cardiovascular disease. It is known that anthropometric measurements and several parameters of body composition is related with arterial stiffness. However, association of visceral fat – an anthropometric measurement – with arterial stiffness is sufficiently unknown. The aim of this study is to examine the possible relationship between various measures of body composition and arterial stiffness.

Material and Method: 52 healthy males were included in the study. In all participants, blood pressure, ankle-brachial pressure index, and waist/hip ratio were measured according to standard protocol. Several body composition parameters were calculated by bioelectrical impedance analysis using Tanita BC-418 segmental body composition analyzer. To evaluate arterial stiffness, arterial age, pulse wave velocity (PWV), and augmentation index, were calculated by tensioMedTM Arteriograph.

Results: The mean age of the subjects was 40 ± 12 years (in the range of 18 to 62 years). The PWV was 9.14 ± 1.55 m/sn and augmentation index was 16.66 ± 9.53 %. Total and visceral fat mass were measured as 23 ± 7% and 9±4% respectively. Visceral fat mass was positively correlated with age, systolic blood pressure, body mass index, PWV and arterial age. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the increased PWV was independently associated with visceral fat mass (ß=0.327, p=0.014).

Conclusion: In healthy adult males, visceral fat is a better predictor for arterial stiffness compared with total body fat mass.


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