title: Relationship between visceral fat accumulation and physical fitness in Japanese women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the link between visceral fat (V) accumulation and physical fitness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional clinical investigation study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-eight overweight Japanese women with abdominal obesity (abdominal obesity) (body mass index, BMI>or=25, visceral fat area>or=100 cm2) aged 38-65 years (BMI 29.5+/-3.3 kg/m2) were enrolled in this study. They were compared with age and sex matched 28 normal weight subjects (BMI<25, visceral fat area<100 cm2) and 28 overweight subjects without abdominal obesity (overweight) (BMI>or=25, visceral fat area<100 cm2).
  
  
  METHODS
  Fat distribution was evaluated by visceral fat and subcutaneous fat (S) areas measured by computed tomography (CT) scanning at umbilical level. Anthropometric parameters, aerobic exercise level, muscle strength, flexibility and blood examination were also investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Anthropometric and body composition parameters were significantly higher in abdominal obesity subjects than those in normal weight subjects. BMI, waist circumference, waist hip ratio and visceral fat (V) area were also significantly higher than those in overweight subjects. Reduced oxygen uptake at ventilatory threshold (VT), lowering weight bearing index (WBI), and elevation of blood enzymes were noted in abdominal obesity subjects. There were significant relationships between oxygen uptake at VT and visceral fat area, and also between oxygen uptake at VT and WBI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reduced aerobic exercise level and WBI are characteristic and visceral fat may play an important role for the etiology in Japanese women with abdominal obesity.
authors.affiliation: Okayama Southern Institute of Health, 408-1 Hirata, Okayama 700-0952, Japan. center@okakenko.jp
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyatake
authors.forename: Sumiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takanami
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015308:Anaerobic Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D044466:Asian People; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood; D014781:Viscera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000503:physiopathology; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D014527:Uric Acid; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases