title: Somatotype characteristics of normal-weight and obese women among different metabolic subtypes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Obesity is a well known risk factor for the development of metabolic abnormalities. However, some obese people are healthy and on the other hand some people with normal weight have adverse metabolic profile, therefore it can be assumed that there is a difference in physical characteristics amongst these people. The aim of this study was to establish whether there are somatotype differences between metabolically healthy and metabolically obese women who are obese or of normal weight.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study included 230 women aged 44.76 ± 11.21y. Metabolic status was assessed according to IDF criteria, while somatotype was obtained using Heath & Carter method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant somatotype differences were observed in the group of women with normal-weight: metabolically healthy women had significantly lower endomorphy, mesomorphy and higher ectomorphy compared to metabolically obese normal-weight women (5.84-3.97-2.21 vs. 8.69-6.47-0.65). Metabolically healthy obese women had lower values of endomorphy and mesomorphy and higher values of ectomorphy compared to 'at risk' obese women but the differences were not statistically significant (7.59-5.76-0.63 vs. 8.51-6.58-0.5). Ectomorphy was shown as an important determinant of the favorable metabolic profile (cutoff point was 0.80).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that, in addition to fat mass, metabolic profile could be predicted by the structure of lean body mass, and in particular by body linearity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Biljana Srdić
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Galić
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pavlica
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Mirjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Udicki
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Edita
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stokić
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikalački
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Darinka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Korovljev
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Nebojša
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Čokorilo
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Zorka
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Drvendžija
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Adamović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D056865:Ideal Body Weight; D055442:Metabolome; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000067329:Obesity, Metabolically Benign / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification; D012307:Risk Factors; D055771:Serbia; D013008:Somatotypes; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D014280:Triglycerides