Is Measuring BMI and Waist Circumference as Good in Assessing Insulin Resistance as Using Bioelectrical Impedance to Measure Total Body Fat and Visceral Fat?
Diabetology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
6(4), С. 32 - 32
Опубликована: Апрель 17, 2025
Background:
Insulin
resistance
(IR)
is
a
metabolic
disorder
linked
to
type
2
diabetes
and
cardiovascular
diseases.
Visceral
fat
better
predictor
of
IR
than
BMI
waist
circumference
due
its
inflammatory
impact.
Methods
such
as
DEXA
bioimpedance
(BIA)
estimate
body
fat,
while
scales
METS-IR,
SPISE,
TyG
assess
risk.
This
study
analyzes
the
utility
visceral
measured
by
BIA
compared
other
indicators.
Methods:
A
cross-sectional
was
conducted
on
8590
workers
in
Balearic
Islands,
analyzing
anthropometric,
clinical,
analytical
variables.
Body
were
bioimpedance,
insulin
assessed
using
TyG.
ROC
curves
used
evaluate
predictive
value
BMI,
WC,
fat.
Results:
The
areas
under
curve
(AUCs)
highest
for
high
particularly
women
(>0.97),
indicating
excellent
performance.
showed
lowest
AUC,
especially
men.
AUC
all
scales.
Youden’s
indices
with
good
capacity,
low
values,
limiting
predicting
resistance.
Conclusions:
Measuring
superior
or
WC
estimating
Язык: Английский
Intake of S-Methylmethionine Alters Glucose Metabolism and Hepatic Gene Expression in C57BL/6J High-Fat-Fed Mice
Foods,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(1), С. 34 - 34
Опубликована: Дек. 26, 2024
A
diet
containing
foods
that
are
sources
of
S-methylmethionine
(SMM),
and
its
use
as
a
dietary
supplement,
have
demonstrated
beneficial
health
effects.
Thus,
the
objective
this
work
was
to
evaluate
inclusion
SMM
supplement
in
C57BL/6J
high-fat-fed
mice
verify
whether
compound
alone
would
be
responsible
for
these
positive
Mice
were
divided
into
three
groups:
LF
(low-fat
diet),
HF
(high-fat
HF+SMM
plus
SMM),
maintained
10
weeks
with
water
food
provided
ad
libitum.
Body
weight
intake
measured
weekly,
efficiency
calculated.
In
addition,
at
week
9,
fasting
glucose
and,
after
necropsy,
10,
liver,
inguinal
adipose,
kidney
weights
measured;
triglycerides,
histology,
liver
gene
expression,
serum
insulin,
MCP-1
levels
also
determined.
Final
body
weight,
average
gain,
liver/body
group
showed
significant
difference
group.
HF+SMM-fed
show
improved
regulation
metabolism,
by
assessment
glucose,
insulin
concentration,
HOMA-IR,
compared
HF-fed
Liver
triglycerides
no
differences
between
fed
groups.
By
Sult1e1,
Phlda1,
Ciart,
we
hypothesized
administration
may
regulated
xenobiotic,
circadian
rhythm
pathways.
Язык: Английский