Relationship between hydration of lean body mass and visceral adipose tissue. A clinical study of women.
OBJECTIVE
To study the relationship between hydration of lean body mass and adipose tissue location.


METHODS
Cross-sectional, clinical study of visceral adipose tissue area and total body water as a percentage of lean body mass.


METHODS
Seventy-two adult, overweight, women, 52 pre- and 20 post-menopausal (age: 18-72 years, body mass index: 26-52).


METHODS
Total body water was obtained by electrical impedance measurement; visceral adipose tissue and lean body mass were obtained by computed tomography measurement of visceral adipose tissue area at the level of the 4th-5th lumbar vertebra.


RESULTS
Visceral adipose tissue was found, by multiple regression analysis, to be the only predictor of the hydration of the lean body mass. The other independent variables: age, menopausal status, body mass index, glucose and insulin both fasting and after glucose load were not able to significantly improve the predictive power.


CONCLUSIONS
Results of this study confirm the existence of a relationship between visceral adipose tissue content and hydration of the lean body mass.
Armellini
F
F
Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Italy.
Scalfi
L
L
Zamboni
M
M
Castelli
S
S
Mino
A
A
Bosello
O
O
D000005:Abdomen; D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D017697:Premenopause; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin