Visceral Fat Is a Negative Determinant of Bone Health in Obese Postmenopausal Women

Deepti K. Sharma, Paul H. Anderson, Howard A. Morris and Peter M. Clifton
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Deepti K. Sharma: Clinical and Health Sciences Academic Unit, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, Australia
Paul H. Anderson: Clinical and Health Sciences Academic Unit, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, Australia
Howard A. Morris: Clinical and Health Sciences Academic Unit, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, Australia
Peter M. Clifton: Clinical and Health Sciences Academic Unit, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, Australia

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-12

Abstract: The protective effect of obesity on bone health has been challenged by studies that link visceral adiposity to poor bone microarchitecture in young obese men and women. In postmenopausal women, the role of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) on bone turnover markers (BTMs) has not been investigated. The aim was to investigate the impact of VAT on BTMs, total bone mineral density (BMD), vitamin D metabolites and parathyroid levels (1-84 PTH) levels in postmenopausal women. A total of 76 lean and overweight women (without osteoporosis) underwent VAT measurements by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (iDXA). Blood samples were analyzed for serum C-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (CTX-1), osteocalcin, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (bone ALP), 1–84 PTH and vitamin D (25 hydroxyvitamin D, 25(OH)D) levels. VAT volumes ranged from 91 to 3392 cm 3 and body mass index (BMI) ranged from 18.3 to 53.9 kg/m 2 . Women in the highest VAT quartile had significantly lower CTX-1, 25(OH)D, osteocalcin and the highest BMD ( p < 0.05, for all). While VAT positively associated with BMD, after controlling for BMI, VAT was a negative predictor of BMD (? = 0.368, p < 0.05). VAT was an independent negative predictor of CTX-1 (? = ?0.263, p < 0.05) and osteocalcin levels (? = ?0.277, p < 0.05). Among all measures of adiposity, VAT was the strongest independent determinant of BMD and BTMs. In clinical settings, VAT, and not BMI, may be a sensitive predictor of bone health in obese women.

Keywords: visceral fat; CTX-1; bone turnover; obesity; postmenopausal women; parathyroid hormone; vitamin D (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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