Effect of regional fat loss assessed by DXA on insulin resistance and dyslipidaemia in obese women

Abstract Objective. To investigate the impact of reduction in total fat mass (FM) and regional FMs on indices of insulin resistance and dyslipidaemia in obese women (BMI > 30 kg/m2) after a 1-year weight loss (WL) program; and, secondly, to investigate the potential predictive effect of baseline...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation 2010-07, Vol.70 (4), p.229-236
Main Authors: Aasen, Gunnar, Fagertun, Hans, Halse, Johan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorptiometry, Photon
Adiposity
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
body composition
Dyslipidemias - complications
Dyslipidemias - diagnostic imaging
Dyslipidemias - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Insulin Resistance
leg fat mass
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Middle Aged
Obesity
Obesity - complications
Obesity - diagnostic imaging
Obesity - epidemiology
trunk fat mass
Weight Loss
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Summary:Abstract Objective. To investigate the impact of reduction in total fat mass (FM) and regional FMs on indices of insulin resistance and dyslipidaemia in obese women (BMI > 30 kg/m2) after a 1-year weight loss (WL) program; and, secondly, to investigate the potential predictive effect of baseline insulin resistance on reduction in total and regional FMs. Material and methods. In 35 women with > 4kg weight loss, body composition by DXA (dual X-ray absorptiometry), fasting insulin, C-Peptide, insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), insulin sensitivity (QUICKI), metabolic clearance rate (MCRestOGTT) and serum lipids were assessed. Results. Mean WL was 9.6%; trunk and leg FM were reduced proportionally (14.9-14.7%). Improvement in HOMA-IR was 34.7%, insulin 30.7%, QUICKI 8.6% and MCRest OGTT 74%. The reduction in total, trunk and leg FM were similarly correlated with improvement in indices of insulin resistance (p < 0.001-0.05) and also with initial HOMA-IR (p = 0.000-0.02). In linear regressions improvement in HOMA-IR was similarly related with these FMs (p = 0.008), and initial HOMA predicted loss of trunk FM (p = 0.01). In multivariate analysis improvement in HOMA-IR was explained by loss of total FM (R2 = 0.20, p = 0.004); improvement of QUICKI by loss of leg FM (R2 = 0.33, p < 0.001). Conclusion. Loss of leg FM and trunk FM had similar importance for the improvement in insulin resistance. Baseline HOMA-IR predicted the potential for reduction in trunk FM.
ISSN:0036-5513
1502-7686
DOI:10.3109/00365511003628328