[Comparative morphometric study of the fatty tissue of obese patients following diet therapy]

Results of morphometric studies of the subcutaneous fat tissue in patients with the metabolic-alimentary form of obesity of 3rd degree are discussed. A total of 27 biopsy specimens obtained from obese patients before and after the course of complex therapy with statistical treatment of the data on the electronic computer type M-222 were studied. A regular correlation between the volume of lipocytes and body weight was revealed: with an increase in excessive weight there were observed corresponding changes in the size of fat cells. In the process of treatment the obese patients showed a statistically reliable considerable decrease in the volume of fat cells, no marked changes in the total number there of as compared with initial parametres were noted.