relationship between visceral adiposity tissue and functional exercise capacity among type 2 diabetes

Abstract

Aim: To compare the visceral adiposity index and functional exercise capacity between type 2 diabetes mellitus and healthy controls, as well as find out the relationship between visceral adiposity index and functional exercise capacity among type 2 diabetes patients. Methods: Using a purposive sampling strategy, this case-control study included 62 subjects: 31 with T2DM and 31 with healthy controls. All the participants were nonsmokers with no pulmonary problems that could have influenced the 6MWT. Age, sex, and BMI were matched to each of the T2DM and healthy controls. We assessed demographic, anthropometric, and biochemical variables. Based on 6MWD, the maximum oxygen consumption (VO2 max) was estimated. The waist circumference (WC), BMI, serum triglyceride, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels were used to calculate the VAI. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. P was chosen as the alpha level < 0.05. Results: The mean and standard deviations of 6MWD estimated VO2 max and VAI were (445.6 +78.7) for T2DM vs (529.7+70.1) for healthy controls, (17.1+7.6) vs (23.2 +5.7), and (3.2+1.4) vs (1.9 +0.8), respectively, while VAI and 6MWD had a negative correlation (r =-0.728 at P-value =0.000).