ASSOCIATION AMONG LIFESTYLE STATUS, PLASMA ADIPONECTIN LEVEL AND METABOLIC SYNDROME IN OBESE MIDDLE AGED MEN

Ano: 2009 | Volume: 3 | Número: 3

Autores: Hamid Mohebbi, Mehrzad Moghadasi, Farhad Rahmani-Nia, Sadegh Hassan-Nia, Hamid Noroozi

Palavras-chave: breslows lifestyle index, hypoadiponectinemia, insulin resistance

Resumo Inglês:

MOHEBBI, H.; MOGHADASI, M.; RAHMANI-NIA, F.; HASSAN-NIA, S.; NOROOZI, H. Association among
Lifestyle Status, Plasma Adiponectin Level and Metabolic Syndrome in obese middle aged men. Brazilian
Journal of Biomotricity, v. 3, n. 3, p. 243-252, 2009. Low plasma levels of the adiponectin characterize
obesity and high levels of metabolic syndrome components. The aim of this study was to determine whether
lifestyle status affects the metabolic syndrome or plasma adiponectin level. Thirty three obese middle aged
men (aged: 41.93 ± 6.2 years and BMI: 30.2 ± 3.4 kg/m2; mean ± SD) participated in this study as subjects.
Each subject’s lifestyle status was assessed by a self-administered questionnaire based on Breslow’s
lifestyle index. Pearson’s correlation demonstrated a positive relationship between Breslow’s index and the
plasma adiponectin (P<0.01), and an inverse correlation between Breslow’s index and some of the metabolic
syndrome components (P<0.05). The results, also, showed that the plasma adiponectin level tend to
decrease as some of the metabolic syndrome components increased. In conclusion, unhealthy lifestyles may
cause hypoadiponectinemia and metabolic syndrome. These findings present reasonable explanations for
the relationships between lifestyles and lifestyles-related diseases.