title: Association between lipid profile and adiposity in women over age 60.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify the association between lipid profiles and overall or central obesity in women over the age of 60.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample was comprised of 388 women over the age of 60 (mean 69; standard deviation 5.9 years). The lipid profile was determined using total cholesterol (TC), HDL cholesterol (HDL-C), LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglyceride (TG) levels. Overall obesity was determined using the body mass index (BMI) and skin fold (SF) measurements. Central obesity was determined using the waist circumference (WC) and waist--hip ratio (WHR). Statistical analysis was conducted using age adjusted partial correlation and one way ANOVA (p<0.05).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean values found for the adiposity variables and lipid profile components indicate an elevated atherogenic risk. In addition, the indicators for overall and central obesity were directly related to TG levels and inversely related to HDL-C levels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The partial correlation analysis and the largest variance found for WC and WHR in comparison to the lipidogram components indicate that both methods could be useful in the early diagnosis of atherosclerosis.
authors: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. maressakrause@hotmail.com
authors: Maressa Priscila
authors: MP
authors: Krause
authors: Tatiane
authors: T
authors: Hallage
authors: Mirnaluci P R
authors: MP
authors: Gama
authors: Jeffer Eidi
authors: JE
authors: Sasaki
authors: Cristiane Petra
authors: CP
authors: Miculis
authors: Cosme Franklin
authors: CF
authors: Buzzachera
authors: Sergio Gregorio da
authors: SG
authors: Silva
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity / Q000502:physiology*; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol