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  • Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Women's Health
  • Body Composition Analysis

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  • Midlife women experience body weight and fat distribution changes, but the causes (aging, menopause, lifestyle) are unclear.
  • Menopause significantly impacts female physiology, potentially influencing body composition.
  • Understanding these changes is crucial for women's health and metabolic disease prevention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare body fat distribution in pre- and postmenopausal women using DXA scans.
  • To investigate the influence of age, menopause, and BMI on body fat parameters.
  • To identify predictors of body fat distribution changes in midlife women.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional analysis of 171 women (45-55 years) using Lunar osteodensitometry scans (DXA).
  • Comparison of body composition parameters (total, android, gynoid fat %) between premenopausal (n=50) and postmenopausal (n=121) women.
  • Multivariable linear regression to examine associations between body fat outcomes and predictors like BMI, age, and menopausal status.

Main Results:

  • No significant differences in android/gynoid fat percentages or ratios between pre- and postmenopausal groups.
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) was the sole significant predictor of body fat distribution.
  • Total body fat percentage correlated positively with age; menopause onset age correlated with BMI. Early postmenopause showed increased android/gynoid ratio with years since menopause.

Conclusions:

  • Age correlates with increased total body fat, but not BMI or menopausal status.
  • In early postmenopause, the android/gynoid fat ratio increases with time since menopause.
  • The study observed a median menopause onset age of 48 years, earlier than reported in other Caucasian studies.