Body fat distribution in women with familial partial lipodystrophy caused by mutation in the lamin A/C gene

Abstract

Familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD), Dunnigan variety, is an autosomal dominant disorder caused due to missense mutations in the lamin A/C (LMNA) gene encoding nuclear lamina proteins. Patients with FPLD are predisposed to metabolic complications of insulin resistance such as diabetes. We sought to evaluate and compare body fat distribution with dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry in women with and without FPLD and identify densitometric, clinical and metabolic features.

Keywords

• Body composition
• familial partial lipodystrophy
• profile metabolic
• women