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ea0022p705 | Obesity | ECE2010

Relation of waist line radius and subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness positively correlates with markers of impaired glycemic control

Ristic Petar , Andjelkovic Zoran , Cizmic Milica , Dragovic Tamara , Kuzmic Snezana , Djuran Zorana , Karajovic Jelena , Kikovic Sasa , Tavcar Ivan

Introduction: Tendency to store lipids centrally is well connected to development of diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM) and cardiovascular morbidity. Providing insight in this process is important.Method: Relationship between radius of waist line and thickness of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) was compared among forty obese patients (BMI> 30 kg/m2) in the light of their glycemic control parameters (fasting glucose, HOMA IR, HOMA beta).Pati...