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Adipokines and body fat composition in South Asians: results of the Metabolic Syndrome and Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study

International Journal of Obesity, 2012-06, Vol.36 (6), p.810-816 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Adipokines and body fat composition in South Asians: results of the Metabolic Syndrome and Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study
Author: SHAH, A ; HERNANDEZ, A ; MATHUR, D ; BUDOFF, M. J ; KANAYA, A. M
Subjects: Abdomen ; Adipokines - blood ; Adiponectin - blood ; Adipose tissues ; Aged ; Asian Americans ; Asian people ; Atherosclerosis ; Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research) ; Atherosclerosis - blood ; Atherosclerosis - epidemiology ; Atherosclerosis - physiopathology ; Biological and medical sciences ; Blood and lymphatic vessels ; Body Composition ; Body fat ; Body mass index ; C-Reactive Protein - metabolism ; Cardiology. Vascular system ; Cardiovascular disease ; Cholesterol ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Diabetes ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Gender differences ; Glucose ; Glucose Tolerance Test ; Humans ; Insulin resistance ; Internal medicine ; Leptin ; Leptin - blood ; Male ; Medical sciences ; Medicine ; Metabolic diseases ; Metabolic syndrome ; Metabolic Syndrome - blood ; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology ; Metabolic Syndrome - physiopathology ; Metabolic syndrome X ; Middle Aged ; Miscellaneous ; Obesity ; Obesity - blood ; Obesity - epidemiology ; Obesity - physiopathology ; Other metabolic disorders ; Physiological aspects ; Risk factors ; San Francisco - epidemiology ; Triglycerides ; Womens health
Is Part Of: International Journal of Obesity, 2012-06, Vol.36 (6), p.810-816
Description: To investigate whether leptin and adiponectin are associated with body fat composition in a South Asian population independent of metabolic variables. Cross-sectional study. 150 South Asian men and women, between the ages of 45-79 years, in the San Francisco Bay Area without pre-existing clinical cardiovascular disease. Blood samples were obtained to measure glucose metabolism variables, lipid profiles and adipokines. Total body fat was determined using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Abdominal computed tomography was used to measure subcutaneous, visceral and hepatic fat. Average body mass index (BMI) was overweight at 26.1±4.6 kg m(-2) and did not differ by sex. However, women had significantly more total body fat (P<0.001) and subcutaneous fat (P<0.001) than men, whereas men had significantly more visceral fat (P<0.001) and hepatic fat (P=0.04) than women. Women had significantly higher levels of adiponectin (P<0.01) and leptin (P<0.01). In sex-stratified analyses, leptin was strongly associated with all-body composition measures in women (P<0.05) as well as in men (P<0.05 except for hepatic fat), whereas there was an insignificant trend towards an inverse association between adiponectin and body composition in both women and men, which was significant in combined bivariate analyses. In multivariate analyses, leptin was strongly associated with all measures of adiposity, including BMI (P<0.001), total body fat (P<0.001), visceral fat (P<0.001) and hepatic fat (P=0.01). However, adiponectin's inverse association with adiposity was significantly attenuated by high-density lipoprotein (HDL), triglycerides and insulin resistance. The association between adipokines and diabetes was markedly attenuated after adjusting for body composition. Despite only modestly elevated BMI, South Asians have elevated levels of total and regional adiposity. Leptin is strongly associated with adiposity, whereas adiponectin's association with adiposity is attenuated by metabolic variables in South Asians. Adipokines in association with adiposity have an important role in the development of diabetes.
Publisher: Basingstoke: Nature Publishing Group
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0307-0565
EISSN: 1476-5497
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.167
PMID: 21863003
CODEN: IJOBDP
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Adipokines and body fat composition in South Asians: results of the Metabolic Syndrome and Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study

2015 INIST-CNRS ;COPYRIGHT 2012 Nature Publishing Group ;Copyright Nature Publishing Group Jun 2012 ;ISSN: 0307-0565 ;EISSN: 1476-5497 ;DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.167 ;PMID: 21863003 ;CODEN: IJOBDP

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