Age-related changes in total, android and gynoid fat mass assessed by DXA in women with normal body mass index values

MASTAGLIA SR ; SOLIS F; BAGUR A; MAUTALEN C ; OLIVERI B

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY

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Año: 2012 p. 159 - 164

1094-6950

Body fat distribution is gender specific: men tend to accumulate adipose tissue in the android region whereas women tend to do so in the gynoid region. The aim of the study was to assess total fat (TFM), android fat (AF) and gynoid fat (GF) mass in a selected group of healthy adult women with normal body mass index (BMI) in order to evaluate variations in fat distribution. Seventy seven women (20-69 years of age) with BMI values between ¡Ý 18.5 and ¡Ü 24.9 Kg/m2 were included. TMF, AF, GF and the AF to GF ratio (A:G) were assessed using DXA. Results showed an increase in AF after the 5th decade of life, which reached statistical significance in the 6th and 7th decades (p