Resting energy expenditure and its relationship with patterns of obesity and visceral fat area in Chinese adults / 生物医学与环境科学（英文）
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
; (12): 103-107, 2005.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the relationship between resting energy expenditure (REE) and patterns of obesity/regional fat parameters in Chinese adults.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Body mass index (BMI), fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM) were assessed in 109 Chinese adults (52 men and 57 women), and their abdominal visceral adipose tissue area (VA) and subcutaneous fat area (SA) were measured using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements. REE was measured with indirect calorimetry and compared with normal and obese subjects. Multivariate analysis was used to study the factors related to REE.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The resting energy expenditure per kilogram of body weight (REE/kg) was closely related with the area of abdominal visceral fat measured with MRI. REE/kg was significantly lower in overweight/obesity subjects than in normal-weighted subjects, and significantly lower in subjects with abdominal obesity (VA > or = 100 cm2) than in subjects with non-abdominal obesity (VA < 100 cm2, BMI > or = 25 kg/m2). In the stepwise regression analysis of REE/kg on regional fat parameters, VA in men and women and SA in women were independent factors reversely related to REE/kg.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>REE/kg is associated with the visceral fat area and more prominent in men. REE/kg can be used as an index in the pathophysiology of intra-abdominal obesity.</p>
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Asunto principal:
Fisiología
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Descanso
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Composición Corporal
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Peso Corporal
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Vísceras
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Índice de Masa Corporal
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Tejido Adiposo
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Metabolismo Energético
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Grasas
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Metabolismo
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Año:
2005
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Article