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Nutrición Hospitalaria
On-line version ISSN 1699-5198Print version ISSN 0212-1611
Abstract
LEOCADIO-DE MAGALHAES, Ana Carla; FERNANDES-CARVALHO, Vilma; PEREIRA-DA CRUZ, Sabrina and RAMALHO, Andrea. Characteristics of the metabolically unhealthy phenotype in menopausal resistance training practitioners. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2023, vol.40, n.5, pp.975-983. Epub Feb 05, 2024. ISSN 1699-5198. https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.04342.
Objective:
to evaluate clinical, metabolic and body characteristics related to the metabolically unhealthy phenotype (MUH) in menopausal women who practice resistance training (RT).
Methods:
cross-sectional study with a sample of 31 women. Clinical and metabolic variables were measured. Body adiposity was assessed by body mass index, waist circumference, visceral adiposity index (VAI) and lipid accumulation product (LAP). Body composition analysis was performed by DEXA.
Results:
the prevalence of the MH phenotype was 74.2 %. Metabolically healthy (MH) women were younger, had more years of RT practice, higher HDL-c levels and lower VAI and android/gynoid ratio (A/G) than the MUH women. Women with inadequacy of HDL-c, TG, A/G and VAI had 12.50 (95 % CI: 3.30-47.23), 4.83 (95 % CI: 2.37-9.85), 5.20 (95 % CI: 1.90-14.16) and 3.12 (95 % CI: 1.07-9.04) times greater prevalence of the MUH phenotype, respectively, than those with adequacy of these parameters. Binary logistic regression analysis demonstrated that age is a predictor of the MUH phenotype (OR = 1.254; 95 % CI: 1.00-1.56) and this variable showed correlation with TG, VAI and A/G. There was no association between thyrotropin and MUH phenotype in the present sample.
Conclusion:
age and visceral adiposity are predictors for the MUH phenotype in RT practitioners in menopause, which may initially be characterized by alterations in serum lipid profile.
Keywords : Metabolically healthy obesity; Menopause; Body composition; Cholesterol; Resistance training.