Association between lipid profile and adiposity in women over age 60.
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.
Krause
Maressa Priscila
MP
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. maressakrause@hotmail.com
Hallage
Tatiane
T
Gama
Mirnaluci P R
MP
Sasaki
Jeffer Eidi
JE
Miculis
Cristiane Petra
CP
Buzzachera
Cosme Franklin
CF
Silva
Sergio Gregorio da
SG
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
D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol