| Paper title: |
BODY COMPOSITION IN SEDENTARY ELDERLY WOMEN AND THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ADIPOSE TISSUE AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS |
| DOI: | 10.4316/SAM.2021.0203 |
| Published in: | Volume XIV issue 2/ 2021 |
| Publishing date: | 2021 |
| Pages: | 19 -23 |
| Author(s): | Holubiac Iulian Ștefan |
| Abstract. | Twenty-five sedentary women (52 ± 4.5 years) had their body composition measured using the Tanita MC-780MA, and then completed the Depression Scale of the Center for Epidemiological Studies (CES - D). The purpose of the article was to observe if there are correlations between adipose tissue and the level of depressive symptoms. At the end of the study a positive correlation was also found between depression scale and metabolic age, r = .75, p < .001. A positive correlation was found between depression scale and visceral fat, r = .79, p < .001, and the same was found between depression scale and trunk fat (r = .75, p < .001), right arm fat (r = .82, p < .001), right leg fat (r = 82, p < .001), left leg fat (r = .82, p < .001). |
| Keywords: | obesity, overweight, body fat, body composition, depression |
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