Poster
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6th Internet World Congress for Biomedical Sciences |
Carlo De Palo(1)
(1)Inst Semeiotica Medica University of Padova - PADOVA. Italy
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[Nutrition & Diabetics] |
Design Cross-sectional data obtained from the baseline study population. Informed consent was obtained from all partecipants.
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In a preliminary study we found in 611 subjects no resistance-to-reactance, but only that reactance-to-resistance ratio (Xc/R) was significantly positively correlated with the Body Mass Index [BMI: weight (Kg)/height (m2)] (p = .03). In addition, the Xc/R, stratified for BMI, was significantly correlated with the fasting C-peptide levels, an index of pancreatic insulin production and, in turn, hyperinsulinemia with, possibly, insulin resistance (R2 = .82; p < .00001). Furthermore the Xc/R, stratified for BMI, was significantly negatively correlated with the resting diastolic pressure, an early alteration of cardiac function (Fig 1:r = .38; p = .0001). In the present study we measured the effects of an application to the skin of an electrical current of 50 kHz and 0.8 mA, using adhesive electrodes placed, as proposed by Organ, during BIA, on "virtual" Truncal reactance to Truncal resistance ratio (vTXc/vTR) in 30 Obese Female (OF) subjects (BMI= 35.89 ±sd 9.88 kg/m2) and in 34 Control (C) subjects [22 F / 12 Male (M)] (BMI=22.26 ± 3.42). "Virtual" bioelectric impedances were obtained in fasted subjects and at the same time anthropometric measurements included the WHR (scheme A). Waist and hip circumferences were measured midway between the lower rib margin and the superior iliac spine and at the widest point over the greater trochanters, respectively.
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