scholarly journals Associations of Abdominal Subcutaneous and Visceral Fat with Insulin Resistance and Secretion Differ Between Men and Women: The Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renée de Mutsert ◽  
Karin Gast ◽  
Ralph Widya ◽  
Eelco de Koning ◽  
Ingrid Jazet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Visceral Fat ◽  
Men And Women

scholarly journals Exercise-induced reversal of insulin resistance in obese elderly is associated with reduced visceral fat

2006 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
pp. 1584-1589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie B. O’Leary ◽  
Christine M. Marchetti ◽  
Raj K. Krishnan ◽  
Bradley P. Stetzer ◽  
Frank Gonzalez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Glucose Metabolism ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Visceral Fat ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat ◽  
Abdominal Fat ◽  
Fat Free Mass ◽  
Men And Women

Exercise improves glucose metabolism and delays the onset and/or reverses insulin resistance in the elderly by an unknown mechanism. In the present study, we examined the effects of exercise training on glucose metabolism, abdominal adiposity, and adipocytokines in obese elderly. Sixteen obese men and women (age = 63 ± 1 yr, body mass index = 33.2 ± 1.4 kg/m2) participated in a 12-wk supervised exercise program (5 days/wk, 60 min/day, treadmill/cycle ergometry at 85% of heart rate maximum). Visceral fat (VF), subcutaneous fat, and total abdominal fat were measured by computed tomography. Fat mass and fat-free mass were assessed by hydrostatic weighing. An oral glucose tolerance test was used to determine changes in insulin resistance. Exercise training increased maximal oxygen consumption (21.3 ± 0.8 vs. 24.3 ± 1.0 ml·kg−1·min−1, P < 0.0001), decreased body weight ( P < 0.0001) and fat mass ( P < 0.001), while fat-free mass was not altered ( P > 0.05). VF (176 ± 20 vs. 136 ± 17 cm2, P < 0.0001), subcutaneous fat (351 ± 34 vs. 305 ± 28 cm2, P < 0.03), and total abdominal fat (525 ± 40 vs. 443 ± 34 cm2, P < 0.003) were reduced through training. Circulating leptin was lower ( P < 0.003) after training, but total adiponectin and tumor necrosis factor-α remained unchanged. Insulin resistance was reversed by exercise (40.1 ± 7.7 vs. 27.6 ± 5.6 units, P < 0.01) and correlated with changes in VF ( r = 0.66, P < 0.01) and maximal oxygen consumption ( r = −0.48, P < 0.05) but not adipocytokines. VF loss after aerobic exercise training improves glucose metabolism and is associated with the reversal of insulin resistance in older obese men and women.

scholarly journals Secondary obesity

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
M I Fadeeva ◽  
L V Savelieva
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Characteristic Feature ◽  
Visceral Fat ◽  
Obesity Treatment ◽  
Metabolic Parameters ◽  
Endocrine Disorders ◽  
Central Type ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Reduce Body Weight

Hyperinsulinism and insulin resistance, hypogonadism in men and women are often associated with obesity and may be its consequences and to be a primary preceding the development of overweight. A characteristic feature of the endocrine obesity is an increase in body weight due to visceral fat with redistribution on central type, accompanied by the development of the metabolic and endocrine disorders. Mechanisms of obesity in various hormonal disturbances are different. In general in the vast majority approaches of obesity treatment do not differ from generally accepted. Adequate correction of hormonal disorders can reduce body weight and contribute to the improvement of endocrine-metabolic parameters.

Fatty Liver Is a Better Marker of Muscle Insulin Resistance than Visceral Fat Accumulation in Nonobese Japanese Men

Diabetes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1854-P
Author(s):  
SATOSHI KADOWAKI ◽  
YOSHIFUMI TAMURA ◽  
YUKI SOMEYA ◽  
KAGEUMI TAKENO ◽  
TAKASHI FUNAYAMA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Fatty Liver ◽  
Visceral Fat ◽  
Japanese Men ◽  
Muscle Insulin Resistance ◽  
Fat Accumulation ◽  
Visceral Fat Accumulation

Cut-Off Points of Visceral Fat Area Associated with the Risk of Insulin Resistance in Pediatric Practice

Metabolism ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 154613
Author(s):  
Daria Podchinenova ◽  
Julia Samoilova ◽  
Oxana Oleynik ◽  
Maria Matveeva
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Visceral Fat ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Visceral Fat Area

Relationship between Visceral Fat and PAI-1 in Overweight Men and Women before and after Weight Loss

1999 ◽  
Vol 82 (11) ◽  
pp. 1490-1496 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kockx ◽  
R. Leenen ◽  
J. Seidell ◽  
H. M. G. Princen ◽  
T. Kooistra
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Fat Mass ◽  
Visceral Fat ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Energy Deficit ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Total Fat ◽  
Pai 1

SummaryThis study was aimed at evaluating the relationship between visceral fat accumulation and plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels in healthy, obese men and women undergoing weight loss therapy. The subjects, 25 men and 25 premenopausal women, aged between 26 and 49 years, with an initial body mass index between 28 and 38 kg/m2, received a controlled diet for 13 weeks providing a 4.2 MJ/day energy deficit. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to measure visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat. Our results show that before weight loss visceral fat was significantly correlated with PAI-1 in men (r = 0.45; p <0.05), but not in women (r = -0.15; ns). The association between visceral fat and PAI-1 in men remained significant after adjustment for age and total fat mass, and multiple linear regression analysis showed a significant independent contribution of visceral fat to plasma PAI-1 levels. Both visceral fat areas and PAI-1 levels decreased significantly with weight loss in both men and women. Changes in visceral fat area were related to changes in PAI-1 in women (r = -0.43; p = 0.05) but not in men (r = -0.01; ns); however, this association in women disappeared after adjustment for total fat mass. We conclude that there is a relationship between visceral fat and PAI-1 in obese men but not in obese women, and that PAI-1 levels decrease substantially (52%) by weight loss, but this change is not related to changes in visceral fat mass per se.

Context in Selection of Men and Women in Hiring Decisions: Gender Composition of the Applicant Pool

2005 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jos Van Ommeren ◽  
Giovanni Russo ◽  
Reinout E. De Vries ◽  
Mark Van Ommeren
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Job Applicants ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Gender Composition ◽  
Lower Probability ◽  
Hiring Decisions ◽  
Sex Composition ◽  
Applicant Pool ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Selection Of

The hypothesis that the sex composition of an applicant pool affects the hiring probabilities of individual job applicants was tested using gender-distinctive information on accepted and rejected job applicants in The Netherlands. The evidence supports this hypothesis, although the effect sizes are moderate. Both men and women have a lower probability of being hired when the applicant pool contains fewer applicants from their own sex.

scholarly journals Influence of methyltestosterone postmenopausal therapy on plasma lipids, inflammatory factors, glucose metabolism and visceral fat: a randomized study

2006 ◽  
Vol 154 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenora M Camarate S M Leão ◽  
Mônica Peres C Duarte ◽  
Dalva Margareth B Silva ◽  
Paulo Roberto V Bahia ◽  
Cláudia Medina Coeli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Fat Mass ◽  
Visceral Fat ◽  
Increased Risk

Background: There has been a growing interest in treating postmenopausal women with androgens. However, hyperandrogenemia in females has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Objective: We aimed to assess the effects of androgen replacement on cardiovascular risk factors. Design: Thirty-seven postmenopausal women aged 42–62 years that had undergone hysterectomy were prospectively enrolled in a double-blind protocol to receive, for 12 months, percutaneous estradiol (E2) (1 mg/day) combined with either methyltestosterone (MT) (1.25 mg/day) or placebo. Methods: Along with treatment, we evaluated serum E2, testosterone, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), free androgen index, lipids, fibrinogen, and C-reactive protein; glucose tolerance; insulin resistance; blood pressure; body-mass index; and visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat mass as assessed by computed tomography. Results: A significant reduction in SHBG (P < 0.001) and increase in free testosterone index (P < 0.05; Repeated measures analysis of variance) were seen in the MT group. Total cholesterol, triglycerides, fibrinogen, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure were significantly lowered to a similar extent by both regimens, but high-density lipoprotein cholesterol decreased only in the androgen group. MT-treated women showed a modest rise in body weight and gained visceral fat mass relative to the other group (P < 0.05), but there were no significant detrimental effects on fasting insulin levels and insulin resistance. Conclusion: This study suggests that the combination of low-dose oral MT and percutaneous E2, for 1 year, does not result in expressive increase of cardiovascular risk factors. This regimen can be recommended for symptomatic postmenopausal women, although it seems prudent to perform baseline and follow-up lipid profile and assessment of body composition, especially in those at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Personality: The Netherlands and England

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1091-1096 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sanderman ◽  
S. B. G. Eysenck ◽  
W. A. Arrindell
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Dutch Version ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
National Differences ◽  
Neuroticism Scale

401 men and 475 women completed the Dutch version of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Factor comparisons all exceeded 0.97 so that the factors of Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Social Desirability are deemed to be identical in the two countries, England and The Netherlands. Sex differences conform with those in most other cross-cultural studies, namely, men score higher than women on Psychoticism and Extraversion, but lower on Neuroticism and Social Desirability. Reliabilities (alpha coefficients) are satisfactorily high for all factors, although the lowest value (0.62) for the Psychoticism dimension for Dutch men appears somewhat weak. National differences on personality variables were only significant for the Neuroticism scale and Social Desirability; Dutch men and women scored lower on the Neuroticism scale than their English counterparts but higher on Social Desirability.

Limited changes in sexual behaviour of heterosexual men and women with multiple partners in the Netherlands

AIDS Care ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Hooykaas ◽  
D. M. M. van der Linden ◽  
J. G. J. van Doornum ◽  
W. F. van der Velde ◽  
J. van der Pligt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Multiple Partners
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