Age‐ and sex‐specific changes in visceral fat mass throughout the life‐span
Authors' conclusion
Normative data of VFM from a large, healthy Danish cohort aged 20 to 93 years are presented. VFM increased with age in both sexes, but men had significantly higher VFM compared with women with the same BMI, body fat percentage, and fat mass index.
Study context
- Population
- Apparently healthy Caucasian adult volunteers aged 20 to 93 years, Copenhagen City Heart Study; whole-body DXA (iDXA, GE Lunar)
- Participants
- 1,277 volunteers
- Exposure
- Women vs men
- Womenn = 708
- Menn = 569
- Outcome
- Reference data for VFM (quantified by CoreScan)
Methodological detailspopulation-based, DXA CoreScan
- Population-based
- DXA CoreScan
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
VFM
- Increased visceral fat mass (VFM) positively correlated with age in both sexes
- VFM increased more in women with high android/gynoid ratio
- Men vs Women: P < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Age‐ and sex‐specific changes in visceral fat mass throughout the life‐span. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 13 June 2023. doi:10.
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