Abstract
The relationship of body fat distribution to glucose intolerance and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Arab women was studied in 102 obese non-diabetic and 40 obese women with diabetes. The obese women underwent a glucose tolerance test. Linear regression analysis revealed a significant correlation between the waist/hip ratio and the plasma glucose concentration at 120 min. When divided into two groups according to the median of their waist/hip ratio (0.815), obese women without history of diabetes but with high waist/hip ratio (0.86 +/- 0.07, mean +/- SD) had significantly higher prevalence of glucose intolerance and of diabetes mellitus than those with the low ratio (0.78 +/- 0.03, chi 2 = 9.32, p less than 0.001). The highest ratio (0.89 +/- 0.06) was observed in the obese women with known diabetes mellitus.
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