A mediating role of visceral adipose tissue on the association of health behaviours and metabolic inflammation in menopause: a population-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Fat distribution changes with advancing menopause, which predisposes to metabolic inflammation. However, it remains unclear, how health behaviours, including sleeping, eating and physical activity, or their combinations contribute to metabolic inflammation caused by visceral adipose tissue (VAT). The aim of the present study was to examine whether health behaviours are associated with metabolic inflammation and whether VAT mediates these associations in menopausal women. This cross-sectional study consisted of a sample of middle-aged women (n = 124). Health behaviours were assessed by self-report questionnaire with measures of sleeping, eating (Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, EDE-Q), and physical activity behaviours. Metabolic inflammation was measured using GlycA, a composite b

SUBMITTER: Lankila H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11735837 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature