Urinary Malondialdehyde Is Associated with Visceral Abdominal Obesity in Middle-Aged Men
Table 2
Characteristics of patients in the two study groups.
Nonvisceral obesity ()
Visceral obesity ()
value
Sociodemographic parameters
Age (years)
0.185
Smoking status
0.162
Nonsmoker
24 (60.0)
16 (40.0)
Smoker
14 (42.4)
19 (57.6)
Alcohol consumer
30 (50.8)
33 (49.2)
0.770
Activity (METS/week)
1602.3 ± 2000.8
907.1 ± 932.2
0.268
Dietary parameters
Energy intake (Kcal/kg/day)
0.475
Protein intake (g/kg/day)
0.800
Fat intake (g/kg/day)
0.543
Carbohydrate (g/kg/day)
0.163
Anthropometric parameters
Body mass index (kg/m2)
23.8 ± 1.8
25.1 ± 2.2
0.009
Waist circumference (cm)
83.9 ± 5.1
88.8 ± 7.4
0.002
Sagittal abdominal diameter (cm)
18.3 ± 1.4
19.8 ± 2.6
0.003
DXA-measured fat
Upper arm fat (%)
24.8 ± 4.6
26.4 ± 4.5
0.139
Lower leg fat (%)
23.6 ± 4.0
25.1 ± 4.6
0.148
Trunk fat (%)
27.6 ± 3.9
30.6 ± 5.1
0.005
Total fat (%)
25.6 ± 3.4
27.8 ± 4.2
0.014
CT-measured abdominal fat area
VFA (cm2)
74.9 ± 16.4
128.8 27.9
<0.001
SFA (cm2)
120.2 ± 42.1
135.7 57.3
0.117
Metabolic parameters
ALT (IU/L)
31.2 ± 17.0
35.1 16.0
0.156
GGT (IU/L)
46.2 ± 28.7
99.5 99.5
0.008
Uric acid (IU/L)
6.2 ± 1.0
7.1 1.2
0.002
CRP (mg/dL)
0.10 ± 0.07
0.18 0.25
0.147
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)
138.1 ± 35.6
137.9 32.9
0.981
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)
53.2 ± 10.7
49.3 10.9
0.154
TG (mg/dL)
132.4 ± 72.0
173.2 97.0
0.063
Oxidative stress parameter
Urinary MDA (µmol/g creatinine)
1.56 ± 0.85
2.08 1.16
0.018
Data are expressed as the mean ± SE or the number (%). value by 2-sample -test or chi-square test. VFA: visceral fat area; SFA: subcutaneous fat area; DXA: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; GGT: -glutamyl transferase; CRP: C-reactive protein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; TG: triglyceride; MDA: malondialdehyde. One MET is roughly equivalent to 1 kcal/min for a person weighing 60 kg. value by Mann-Whitney test.
