Biljana Srdić Galić1, Tatjana Pavlica2, Mirjana Udicki1, Edita Stokić3, Milena Mikalački4, Darinka Korovljev4, Nebojša Čokorilo4, Zorka Drvendžija1, Dragan Adamović1. 1. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia. 2. Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia. 3. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia. 4. Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a well known risk factor for the development of metabolic abnormalities. However, some obese people are healthy and on the other hand some people with normal weight have adverse metabolic profile, therefore it can be assumed that there is a difference in physical characteristics amongst these people. The aim of this study was to establish whether there are somatotype differences between metabolically healthy and metabolically obese women who are obese or of normal weight. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Study included 230 women aged 44.76 ± 11.21y. Metabolic status was assessed according to IDF criteria, while somatotype was obtained using Heath & Carter method. RESULTS: Significant somatotype differences were observed in the group of women with normal-weight: metabolically healthy women had significantly lower endomorphy, mesomorphy and higher ectomorphy compared to metabolically obese normal-weight women (5.84-3.97-2.21 vs. 8.69-6.47-0.65). Metabolically healthy obese women had lower values of endomorphy and mesomorphy and higher values of ectomorphy compared to 'at risk' obese women but the differences were not statistically significant (7.59-5.76-0.63 vs. 8.51-6.58-0.5). Ectomorphy was shown as an important determinant of the favorable metabolic profile (cutoff point was 0.80). CONCLUSION: We concluded that, in addition to fat mass, metabolic profile could be predicted by the structure of lean body mass, and in particular by body linearity.
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a well known risk factor for the development of metabolic abnormalities. However, some obesepeople are healthy and on the other hand some people with normal weight have adverse metabolic profile, therefore it can be assumed that there is a difference in physical characteristics amongst these people. The aim of this study was to establish whether there are somatotype differences between metabolically healthy and metabolically obesewomen who are obese or of normal weight. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Study included 230 women aged 44.76 ± 11.21y. Metabolic status was assessed according to IDF criteria, while somatotype was obtained using Heath & Carter method. RESULTS: Significant somatotype differences were observed in the group of women with normal-weight: metabolically healthy women had significantly lower endomorphy, mesomorphy and higher ectomorphy compared to metabolically obese normal-weight women (5.84-3.97-2.21 vs. 8.69-6.47-0.65). Metabolically healthy obesewomen had lower values of endomorphy and mesomorphy and higher values of ectomorphy compared to 'at risk' obesewomen but the differences were not statistically significant (7.59-5.76-0.63 vs. 8.51-6.58-0.5). Ectomorphy was shown as an important determinant of the favorable metabolic profile (cutoff point was 0.80). CONCLUSION: We concluded that, in addition to fat mass, metabolic profile could be predicted by the structure of lean body mass, and in particular by body linearity.
Authors: María L Sánchez-Ferrer; Ernesto De La Cruz-Sánchez; Julián J Arense-Gonzalo; María T Prieto-Sánchez; Itziar Bernabeu-González; Ana Carmona-Barnosi; Jaime Mendiola; Alberto M Torres-Cantero Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2021-03-14 Impact factor: 3.390