Comparing diabetic subjects with high-frequency hearing impairment to those without impairment, estimates for mean BMI and the proportion with central adiposity were not in the expected direction but were not significantly different (P = 0.12).
In previous studies, adiponectin showed an inverse relationship to adipose tissue mass, especially central adiposity [ 5- 7].
Central adiposity is the accumulation of visceral adipose tissues in the abdomen.
Conversely, women who gained more than recommended had a higher mean BMI, WC, SBP, and DBP and a greater risk of overweight/obesity and central adiposity than did women with the recommended GWG.
Mean BMI, waist and hip circumference, WHR, and the prevalence of total-body and central adiposity were higher in women.
The mean difference in BMI, WC, SBP, and DBP and the risk of overweight/obesity and central adiposity 16 y after the index pregnancy are shown in Table 3 by IOM categories of GWG.
Second, even though smokers tend to have a lower mean BMI compared with nonsmokers, they have a more metabolically adverse fat distribution profile, with higher central adiposity (16).
Current mean lipids and lipoproteins values were illustrative of patients with the usual form of T2DM, i.e. associated with central adiposity, insulin resistance (IR) and MetS: low HDL-C with raised non-HDL-C, apoB100, TG and TRL-C, together with a high prevalence of AD (58%).
Overall and central adiposity and breast cancer risk in the Sister Study.
In conclusion, results from the present study suggest that the menopause transition is associated with increased total and central adiposity.
