Relationship between visceral adiposity and type 2 diabetes in patients selected from cardiology clinics Gilberto Leite Campos, Valkiria Almeida, Neyma Andria Ramos, Vanessa Maria Caetano Soares, Henrique Fortunato Dominguez Pita, William da Costa, Hermes Toros Xavier

Abstract

The prevalence of obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2) has consistently increased throughout the world due largely to a more stressful, sedentary lifestyle and very unhealthy eating habits. In this study, the relationship between visceral adiposity, measured by abdominal circumference, and the frequency of DM2 was investigated in a sample of 2475 patients selected in 18 cardiology offices. The presence of visceral adiposity, measured by measuring abdominal circumference, was very prevalent, present in more than 50% of men and in more than 60% of women, configuring an increased metabolic risk profile in both sexes. the expression of visceral adiposity and its relationship with the frequency of DM2, in both sexes, we observed a significant association, configuring a 2-fold and 3-fold increase, respectively, in men and women, in the diagnosis of DM2 in those with adiposity visceral