title: Possible association of body-fat distribution with preeclampsia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether preeclampsia is associated with body-fat distribution.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-two patients with preeclampsia (mean age: 31.9 +/- 6.0 years) and 126 controls without preeclampsia (mean age: 30.9 +/- 5.2 years) were enrolled in this study. We compared baseline characteristics and 4 body-fat indices measured by DEXA on Day 5 postpartum. The possible correlation between the variables and the development of preeclampsia was evaluated by multivariate analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The body-fat ratio, the upper-half body-fat amount, upper-half-body body-fat amount ratio, and upper-/lower-half-body body-fat amounts ratio on Day 5 postpartum were significantly higher in the preeclampsia group. However, the upper-/lower-half-body body-fat amount ratio was best correlated with preeclampsia among variables in multivariate analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Upper-body-fat distribution might be associated with the development of preeclampsia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ijuin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Douchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagata
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D001824:Body Constitution; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology