Risks for development of metabolic disorders in alimentary constitutional obesity

Abstract

BACKGROUND: alimentary-constitutional obesity due to it’s high prevalence, is the key problem of modern healthcare system. However, obesity is not always accompanied with metabolic disorders, leading to early invalidization and mortality. That’s why it is important to study risks of metabolical nonhealth in obesity.AIM: to detect factors, increasing risks of development of metabolic disbalance in alimentary-constitutional obesity.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In patients with alimentary-constitutional obesity there was performed an examination including anthropometry (body mass index, Waist Circumference, Hip Circumference,waist to hip ratio), blood pressure measurement, laboratory tests – metabolic indexes: glucose, insulin, insulin resistance indexes, leptin, cholesterol, cholesterol of lipoproteins, triglycerides, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, gamma-glutamiltransferase), body composition measurement by bioelectrical impedance analysis; patients were also interviewed on their behavior (food habits) and physical activity.RESULTS: There were formed two groups depending on metabolic health indexes: main group – metabolically non-healthy obesity (MNHO) - 241 persons (aged 41±12,09, duration of obesity 12,5±9,51 years) with alimentary-constitutional obesity and two or more signs of MS, a comparison group – of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) – 120 persons (aged 35,5±10,03; p<0,05, duration of obesity 8,0±7,39 years; p<0,05) with alimentary-constitutional obesity and one sign of MS or without it. Data analysis of studied risk factors for development of metabolically non-healthy alimentary-constitutional obesity confirmed that most relevant factor in development of MNHO is abdominal fat mass distribution (increasing of Waist Circumference over 88 sm in females and over 102 sm in mails). At the same time MNHO had correlation not only with classical signs of MS, but also with blood insulin level, insulin resistance indexes, fat metabolism disbalance and liver disfunction. More severed risk for appearance of metabolic disorders have patients over 45 years old with decreased active cell mass (less than 45%), duration of obesity above 10 years and obesity-burdened heredity. In food habits risk of development of metabolically non-healthy obesity was increased in taking of fat milk food, and, on the contrary, - frequent snacks, alcohol free sweet drinks didn’t affect it.CONCLUSION: Development of MNHO is associated not only with the age of patient, duration of obesity, carbohydrate and fat metabolism indexes, but also with decreased percentage of metabolically active tissues and some food habits.

Keywords

• obesity
• metabolic syndrome
• metabolic disorders
• behavior risk factors