RT journal article
T1 Central obesity measurements predict metabolic syndrome in a retrospective cohort study of postmenopausal women.
A1 Rosety Rodríguez, Manuel
A1 Fornieles González, Gabriel
A1 Rosety Rodríguez, Ignacio
A1 Díaz Ordóñez, Antonio Jesús
A1 Rosety Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel
A1 Camacho, Alejandra
A1 Rodríguez Pareja, María Antonia
A1 Tejerina, A.
A1 Ordóñez Muñoz, Francisco Javier
A2 Anatomía y Embriología Humana
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
A2 Medicina
K1 Down syndrome
K1 central adiposity
K1 intellectual disability
K1 metabolic syndrome
K1 women
K1 DXA
AB Introduction: The various diagnostic classifications in the literature concur as regards the important role of abdominal obesity in the onset and progression of metabolic syndrome. Accordingly, this study was aimed at clarifying whether central obesity measurements assessed by dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) may predict metabolic syndrome in Spanish postmenopausal women.Material and methods: This historical cohort study included a total of 1326 postmenopausal women aged > 45 years old who had routinely undergone DXA to measure their bone mineral density between January 2006 and January 2011. The regions of interest (ROI) envisaged in our study by using DXA were the lumbar regions L1-L4 and L4-L5. At the same time, they underwent a complete medical examination including personal medical history assessment, biochemical blood analysis, blood pressure measurement and anthropometrical evaluation. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed attending to the criteria established by National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NECP-ATP-III).Results: During the observation period, 537 women, representing 40.5% of the total studied, met the diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome. L1-L4 and L4-L5 abdominal fat mass determinations were associated with the development of metabolic syndrome in all regression models tested, showing an increasing gradient from the lowest to highest quintile.Conclusion: Central adiposity measurements assessed by DXA, especially L1-L4 region of interest, could be considered a powerful predictor of metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women.
PB AULA MEDICA
SN 0212-1611
YR 2013
FD 2013-11-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34711
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34711
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026