title: [Evaluation of visceral adipose tissue and lipid level in premenopausal and postmenopausal women's].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Postmenopausal women present weight gain and intensification of obesity, especially visceral adipose tissue (VAT) increases in postmenopausal women. But it is still not clear whether abdominal fat increases during this stage independently of body weight.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  compare the VAT and lipid profile between postmenopausal and premenopausal Mexican women.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case control study in postmenopausal women matched for BMI with premenopausal women. Anthropometric and laboratory measurements as well as body composition analysis were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  VAT was increased in postmenopausal women in contrast with premenopausal women (114.8 ± 39.5 vs 97.3 ± 29.0, p<0.05). Compared with premenopausal women, postmenopausal women showed higher total cholesterol (231 .6 ± 56.1 vs 206.8 ± 29.5 p <0.05), and LDL-cholesterol levels (145.9 ± 48.3 vs 121.7 ± 34.1, p < 0.05), whereas H DL-cholesterol remained unchanged.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the present study have demonstrated that Mexican postmenopausal women had a significant increment in visceral adipose tissue and in other metabolic risk factors, independent of the body mass index.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Díaz-Martínez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Basurto-Acevedo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vega-García
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saucedo-García
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández-Valencia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zárate-Treviño
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: González-Escudero
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Córdova-Pérez
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Huerta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García-Latorre
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000097:blood*; D017697:Premenopause / Q000097:blood*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids