VISCERAL ADIPOSITY INDEX AND LIPID ACCUMULATION PRODUCT – LESS INVASIVE INDICES FOR ADIPOSITY AMONG ADULT WOMEN

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to access the fat accumulation by less invasive methods. The prevalence of obesity was found out among 346 adult women between the age group of 18-30 years, anthropometric screening was performed using standard procedures. To a subsample, biochemical estimations and indicators was calculated and evaluated. The results show that as BMI increases there was a significant increase in VAI and LAP levels. An interesting finding of the study was that higher fat accumulation was seen for normal BMI individuals. Thus, VAI and LAP can be used as adiposity indicators as they are less invasive and cost effective. Further studies are required to validate the indices.