Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI

Central fat accumulation is a significant determinant of cardio-metabolic health risk, known to differ between ethnically distinct human populations. Despite evidence for preferential central adiposity in Asian populations, the proportional distribution between the subcutaneous and visceral compartm...

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Autores principales:	Maria Kalimeri, John J. Totman, Thomas Baum, Maximilian N. Diefenbach, Hans Hauner, Marcus R. Makowski, Karupppasamy Subburaj, David Cameron-Smith, Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, Dimitrios C. Karampinos, Daniela Junker
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	magnetic resonance imaging visceral adipose tissue subcutaneous adipose tissue postmenopause Caucasian Asian Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5552d5d314424e2eb7eb378ca637d4c52021-11-25T17:21:50ZPostmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI10.3390/diagnostics111121272075-4418https://doaj.org/article/5552d5d314424e2eb7eb378ca637d4c52021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/11/11/2127https://doaj.org/toc/2075-4418Central fat accumulation is a significant determinant of cardio-metabolic health risk, known to differ between ethnically distinct human populations. Despite evidence for preferential central adiposity in Asian populations, the proportional distribution between the subcutaneous and visceral compartments in Chinese postmenopausal women has not been thoroughly investigated. For this analysis, volumetrically quantified subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue (SAT, VAT) in the pelvic and abdominal regions of postmenopausal Asian (Chinese-Singaporean) and Caucasian (German) women matched for age and Body Mass Index (BMI) was undertaken, to examine such differences between the two groups. Volumes were calculated from segmentations of magnetic resonance imaging datasets of the abdomen and pelvis. Despite SAT, VAT, and the corresponding total adipose tissue (TAT) being similar between the groups, VAT/SAT and VAT/TAT were higher in the Asian group (by 24.5% and 18.2%, respectively, each <i>p</i> = 0.02). Further, VAT/SAT and VAT/TAT were positively correlated with BMI in the Caucasian group only (<i>p</i> = 0.02 and <i>p</i> = 0.01, respectively). We concluded that VAT is proportionally higher in the non-obese Asian women, compared to the Caucasian women of matched age and BMI. This conclusion is in agreement with existing literature showing higher abdominal adiposity in Asian populations. Additionally, in the Asian group, BMI did not correlate with visceral adiposity on a significant level. Further analysis is required to examine the extent to which this increased VAT may impact cardio-metabolic health. There is, however, a need to emphasize healthy lifestyle behaviors in non-obese post-menopausal women of Chinese ancestry.Maria KalimeriJohn J. TotmanThomas BaumMaximilian N. DiefenbachHans HaunerMarcus R. MakowskiKarupppasamy SubburajDavid Cameron-SmithChristiani Jeyakumar HenryDimitrios C. KarampinosDaniela JunkerMDPI AGarticlemagnetic resonance imagingvisceral adipose tissuesubcutaneous adipose tissuepostmenopauseCaucasianAsianMedicine (General)R5-920ENDiagnostics, Vol 11, Iss 2127, p 2127 (2021)
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topic	magnetic resonance imaging visceral adipose tissue subcutaneous adipose tissue postmenopause Caucasian Asian Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	magnetic resonance imaging visceral adipose tissue subcutaneous adipose tissue postmenopause Caucasian Asian Medicine (General) R5-920 Maria Kalimeri John J. Totman Thomas Baum Maximilian N. Diefenbach Hans Hauner Marcus R. Makowski Karupppasamy Subburaj David Cameron-Smith Christiani Jeyakumar Henry Dimitrios C. Karampinos Daniela Junker Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI
description	Central fat accumulation is a significant determinant of cardio-metabolic health risk, known to differ between ethnically distinct human populations. Despite evidence for preferential central adiposity in Asian populations, the proportional distribution between the subcutaneous and visceral compartments in Chinese postmenopausal women has not been thoroughly investigated. For this analysis, volumetrically quantified subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue (SAT, VAT) in the pelvic and abdominal regions of postmenopausal Asian (Chinese-Singaporean) and Caucasian (German) women matched for age and Body Mass Index (BMI) was undertaken, to examine such differences between the two groups. Volumes were calculated from segmentations of magnetic resonance imaging datasets of the abdomen and pelvis. Despite SAT, VAT, and the corresponding total adipose tissue (TAT) being similar between the groups, VAT/SAT and VAT/TAT were higher in the Asian group (by 24.5% and 18.2%, respectively, each <i>p</i> = 0.02). Further, VAT/SAT and VAT/TAT were positively correlated with BMI in the Caucasian group only (<i>p</i> = 0.02 and <i>p</i> = 0.01, respectively). We concluded that VAT is proportionally higher in the non-obese Asian women, compared to the Caucasian women of matched age and BMI. This conclusion is in agreement with existing literature showing higher abdominal adiposity in Asian populations. Additionally, in the Asian group, BMI did not correlate with visceral adiposity on a significant level. Further analysis is required to examine the extent to which this increased VAT may impact cardio-metabolic health. There is, however, a need to emphasize healthy lifestyle behaviors in non-obese post-menopausal women of Chinese ancestry.
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author	Maria Kalimeri John J. Totman Thomas Baum Maximilian N. Diefenbach Hans Hauner Marcus R. Makowski Karupppasamy Subburaj David Cameron-Smith Christiani Jeyakumar Henry Dimitrios C. Karampinos Daniela Junker
author_facet	Maria Kalimeri John J. Totman Thomas Baum Maximilian N. Diefenbach Hans Hauner Marcus R. Makowski Karupppasamy Subburaj David Cameron-Smith Christiani Jeyakumar Henry Dimitrios C. Karampinos Daniela Junker
author_sort	Maria Kalimeri
title	Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI
title_short	Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI
title_full	Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI
title_fullStr	Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI
title_full_unstemmed	Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI
title_sort	postmenopausal chinese-singaporean women have a higher ratio of visceral to subcutaneous adipose tissue volume than caucasian women of the same age and bmi
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/5552d5d314424e2eb7eb378ca637d4c5
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Postmenopausal Chinese-Singaporean Women Have a Higher Ratio of Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volume than Caucasian Women of the Same Age and BMI

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