Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
1) University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Smolyan Branch, Smolyan, Bulgaria; 2) Institute of Еxperimental Мorphology, Pathology and Аnthropology with Мuseum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; 3) University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Faculty of Biology, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Mladenova, Silviya, e-mail: silvia_mladenova@mail.bg.
The purpose of this study is to investigate development of subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in Bulgarian children and adolescents by anthropometrical methods. The data analyzed are part of the three separate cross-sectional studies of 9–16-year-old children from Sofia, Plovdiv and Smolyan cities in Bulgaria, conducted in 1999–2009. The general sample included 3095 adolescents aged 9 to 16 years (1568 boys and 1527 girls). Height (cm), weight (kg) and waist circumference (cm) were taken on each person with standard methods (Martin-Saller, 1957). Additionally, the body mass index (BMI), subcutaneous (SAT, cm2) and visceral (VAT, cm2) adipose tissue, and VAT/SAT-ratio were calculated. The quantities of subcutaneous (SAT, cm2) and visceral (VAT, cm2) adipose tissue were defined by the regression equations of Brambilla et al. (2006). Different categories of body nutritional status were defined by cut-off points of BMI for children by Cole et al. (2007; 2012). Statistical data processing was performed using the software STATISTICA 10.0. The descriptive analysis, ANOVA and alternative analysis (Z-score) were used. The results of analysis showed significant differences in accumulation of SAT and VAT between groups of children with different nutritional status. The children with normal nutritional status were characterized by non-significant below average values (Z-score) for SAT, VAT-and VAT/SAT-ratio for their age and gender. In contrast, the groups of children with overweight and obesity were characterized by above average values for SAT and VAT (p <0.05). The values VAT/SAT-ratio is below average for age and gender. With age the quantity of SAT and VAT in both sexes increase. Overall, the boys accumulate greater quantity of VAT in all period, and of SAT after 14 years. Тhe differences between age, sex and territorial groups in quantity of SAT and VAT and their ratio were found.
subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), visceral adipose tissue (VAT), VAT/SAT-ratio, body nutritional status, adolescents, Bulgaria
Цит.: Mladenova Silviya, Mitova Zorka, Nikolova Mima DEVELOPMENT OF SUBCUTANEOUS AND VISCERAL ADIPOSE TISSUE IN BULGARIAN ADOLESCENTS // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2014; 3/2014; с. 56-57
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