Fat distribution in overweight patients with Ullrich‐Turner syndrome
- 15 February 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Medical Genetics
- Vol. 42 (4), 428-430
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.1320420405
Abstract
Overweight patients with Ullrich‐Turner syndrome (UTS) and control children with similar weight/height and indices of overweight were studied to clarify the unique fat distribution in the syndrome. Triceps and ulnar skinfold thickness (SFT) in UTS patients was significantly less than that of obese children without the syndrome. The means of SFT at the subscapular and paraumbilical regions were also less in the patients than control girls, though significance was not documented. Thus, increased body weight in UTS children seems mainly to be due to excess of adipose tissue, not in the limbs but on the trunk, and/or due to the increment of lean body mass.Keywords
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