Abstract：Objective: To evaluate the correlation of the abdominal fat distribution and diabetes mellitus. Methods: The research objects were divided into two groups: group one included 176 cases, in which there were 92 cases of type Ⅰ diabetes and 84 cases of type Ⅱ diabetes. The control group included 50 cases of healthy people. The differences of totally abdominal fat content(TA), visceral adiposity(VA), superficial adiposity(SA), VA/SA, body mass index(BMI), triglycerides(TG), high-density lipoprotein(HDL) cholesterol, total cholesterol(Tch), low density lipoprotein(LDL) among type Ⅰ diabetes group, type Ⅱ diabetes group and control group and the correlations of these parameters were analyzed. Results: There were significant differences in TA, VA, SA, VA/SA, BMI, TG and HDL between type Ⅰ diabetes and type Ⅱ diabetes. No significant differences of Tch and LDL were found. TA, VA, SA and VA/SA were positively correlated with the onset of type I and type Ⅱ diabetes. In type Ⅰ diabetes, VA was negatively correlated with HDL, but positively correlated with BMI and AGE. SA was positively correlated with BMI and SEX. In type Ⅱ diabetes, SA was positively associated with TG and SEX, while VA was positively correlated with BMI, AGE and TG. Conclusion: The technology of CT measurement of abdominal fat content is simple and reliable. Abdominal fat content was positively associated with diabetes onset, and abdominal fat content of different types of diabetes have different factors related, which is of certain guidance for making personalized treatment.
2012, Vol. 23 
