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Obesity (Silver Spring). Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 December 01. Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 December ; 23(12): 2340–2343. doi:10.1002/oby.21350.
Abdominal Adiposity Change in White and Black Midlife Women: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation Rasa Kazlauskaite1, Pilvi Innola1, Kelly Karavolos1, Sheila A. Dugan1, Elizabeth F. Avery1, Yacob Fattout1, Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez2, Imke Janssen1, and Lynda H. Powell1
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1Department
of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
2Department
of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract Objective—The principal objective of this investigation was to compare the naturalistic intraabdominal adipose tissue (IAAT) change among black and white women during midlife. Methods—A cohort of 222 (56%) white and 171 (44%) black midlife women were investigated in the Fat Patterning study at the Chicago site of the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. The subjects’ total body fat was assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and IAAT by a planimetric computed tomography (at the level of L4–L5) annually over up to 4 years.
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Results—Total body fat at initial evaluation was higher in black women (45.1±8.2%) compared to white women (41.3±8.7%, p
Obesity (Silver Spring). Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 December 01. Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 December ; 23(12): 2340–2343. doi:10.1002/oby.21350.
Abdominal Adiposity Change in White and Black Midlife Women: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation Rasa Kazlauskaite1, Pilvi Innola1, Kelly Karavolos1, Sheila A. Dugan1, Elizabeth F. Avery1, Yacob Fattout1, Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez2, Imke Janssen1, and Lynda H. Powell1
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1Department
of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
2Department
of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract Objective—The principal objective of this investigation was to compare the naturalistic intraabdominal adipose tissue (IAAT) change among black and white women during midlife. Methods—A cohort of 222 (56%) white and 171 (44%) black midlife women were investigated in the Fat Patterning study at the Chicago site of the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. The subjects’ total body fat was assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and IAAT by a planimetric computed tomography (at the level of L4–L5) annually over up to 4 years.
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Results—Total body fat at initial evaluation was higher in black women (45.1±8.2%) compared to white women (41.3±8.7%, p
