(Editura USM, 2024) Головатюк, Людмила; Лупашко, Юлианна; Березовская, Елена
Excess body weight is a serious health problem. Adipose tissue is involved in metabolic disorders formation. White and brown adipose tissue are organs that have anatomical, functional and genetic diversity. The aim: to study the functions and physiological significance and diagnostic methods of adipose tissue in patients with chronic hepatopathies. There were examined 591 patients with chronic hepatopathies: 177 with BMI <25 (Group I), 228 with BMI 25-30 (Group II) and 186 patients with BMI >30 kg/m2 (Group III). In group I, BMI was 23.20 ± 0.19 kg/m², and waist circumference was 89.62 ± 0.73 cm; in group II, these indicators were: 27.62 ± 0.12 and 99.32 ± 0.61 respectively, and in group III: 34.21 ± 0.32 and 112.32 ± 0.82, respectively.
The highest percentage of body fat and visceral fat indexes were observed in patients with BMI >30 kg/m2. Diagnosis of metabolic disorders in patients with chronic hepatopathies should include BMI and waist circumference evaluation, and, if necessary, supplemented by determining the percentage of fat and visceral fat data using bioimpedance analysis.
