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KMID : 0895820110210020279
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2011 Volume.21 No. 2 p.279 ~ p.288
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Relationship between Visceral Adipose Tissue and Oriental Obesity Pattern Identification in Obese Korean Women
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Kim Eun-Joo
Lee A-Ra
Hwang Mi-Ja
Cho Jae-Heung
Choi Sun-Mi
Chung Seok-Hee
Song Mi-Yeon
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Abstract
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Objectives: Our purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between abdominal adipose tissue and oriental obesity pattern identification.
Methods: This study was performed in 78 healthy obese(BMI(body mass index)≥25 kg/m2) women in Seoul. Subjects underwent abdominal CT(computed tomography) scanning and were asked to complete the oriental obesity pattern identification questionnaire. Subjects were given written consent and this study was performed under permission of institutional review board of Kyung-hee East-west Neo medical center.
Results: 1. VFA(visceral fat area) and VSR(visceral/subcutaneous adipose tissue ratio) were significantly correlated with stagnation of the liver qi(肝鬱, gan-yu) (p<0.05). But, other patterns were not significantly correlated with oriental obesity pattern identification(p>0.05). 2. We evaluated a difference of oriental obesity pattern identification score in visceral obesity group(n=34) versus non-visceral obesity group(n=44). Scores of all patterns except food accumulation(食積, shi-ji ) were significantly higher in the visceral obesity group than in the non-visceral obesity group(p<0.05). Especially, there was a further significant difference in stagnation of the liver qi(肝鬱, gan-yu)(p<0.01).
Conclusions: Generally, the stagnation of the liver qi(肝鬱, gan-yu) has a close relation with stress and depression. This study suggests that stress and depression might be correlated with visceral fat, and the use of oriental obesity pattern identification would be helpful for planning a treatment schedule of visceral obesity in the clinic.
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KEYWORD
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Obesity, Visceral fat, Oriental obesity pattern identification, Stagnation of the liver qi, gan-yu
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