title: Evaluation of abdominal fat distribution in noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: relationship to insulin resistance.
abstract: Accumulation of visceral adipose tissue is associated with metabolic complications such as noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of abdominal adipose tissue on insulin sensitivity in subjects with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Areas of abdominal fat were calculated from axial magnetic resonance images obtained at the level of the umbilicus in 21 men with NIDDM [age, 45.6 +/- 8.3 (+/-SD) yr; body mass index, 29.3 +/- 4.5 kg/m(-2); total body fat (skinfold thickness), 26.8 +/- 5.4%; waist to hip ratio, 0.97 +/- 0.07; duration of diabetes, 59 +/- 47 months; hemoglobin A1c, 8.1 +/- 1.5%]. Insulin sensitivity was evaluated by an insulin tolerance test. The areas of deep abdominal fat and sc abdominal fat were, respectively, 135.3 +/- 55.1 and 211.8 +/- 99.1 cm2. The blood glucose disappearance rate was 2.11 +/- 0.87%/min and was negatively related to deep abdominal fat (r = 0.72; P = 0.0025). In contrast, areas of sc abdominal fat, total body fat, body mass index, and waist to hip ratio were not related to the blood glucose disappearance rate. Plasma triglyceride concentrations averaged 1.8 +/- 0.8 mmol/L and were positively related to deep abdominal fat (r = 0.69; P = 0.0018). We conclude that insulin sensitivity is strongly related to visceral adipose tissue accumulation in NIDDM.
authors.affiliation: Service de Diabétologie et d'Hormonologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Gautier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mourier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Kerviler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarentola
authors.forename: A X
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: Bigard
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Villette
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Guezennec
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cathelineau
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology*; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D016014:Linear Models; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010809:Physical Fitness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014781:Viscera / Q000473:pathology