Analysis of visceral fat area in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with abdominal obesity

Abstract

Objective To explore the clinical characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus with visceral abdominal obesity and the correlation analysis of visceral fat area. Methods The visceral fat area (VFA) and subcutaneous fat area (SFA) were measured in 350 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.VFA (≥100 cm2) was used as the diagnostic criteria for visceral abdominalobesity. According to the VFA, the patients were divided into the control group of type 2 diabetes mellitus (VFA<100 cm2) and the observation group of diabetes mellitus and abdominal obesity (VFA≥100 cm2). The height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) ,blood glucose, total cholesterol (TC), Triglyceride (TG), creatinine (Cr), uric acid (UA) etc were measured. All the indexes were compared between the two groups. Results The height, weight, BMI, head circumference, neck circumference, waist circumference, hip circumference, WHR, VFA, SFA, TG, TC, UA and diastolic pressure in type 2 diabetes mellitus with abdominal obesity group were higher than those in control group (P<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis was carried out with visceral fat area as strain and other factors as independent variables. The results showed that body weight, BMI, waist circumference, TG and diastolic pressure were included in the regression equation, which was an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus with abdominal obesity. Conclusions Increased body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, triglyceride and diastolic blood pressureare not onlyrisk factors of VFA, but also related to type 2 diabetes mellitus with abdominal obesity. Key words: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Visceral abdominal obesity; Clinical analysis