April 11, 2005Archives of Internal Medicine
Obesity, Regional Body Fat Distribution, and the Metabolic Syndrome in Older Men and Women
Why the study?
Is regional body fat distribution associated with the metabolic syndrome in older men and women?
Population
Older men and women
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May inform metabolic risk assessment beyond BMI in older adults; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Structured PICO
Is regional body fat distribution associated with the metabolic syndrome in older men and women?
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Population
Older men and women
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Intervention
Regional body fat distribution and general obesity
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Outcome
Metabolic syndrome
Body fat distribution is independently associated with metabolic syndrome in older adults, even those with normal body weight.
Cite This Study
Goodpaster et al. (2005) studied this question.