In men, it was also significantly correlated with BMI and blood insulin levels. In women, higher skin carotenoid levels were significantly associated with lower BMI, SBP, DBP, HOMA-IR, blood insulin, and TGs levels and higher HDL-C levels. Skin carotenoid levels were significantly positively correlated with serum total carotenoids and vegetable intake ( r = 0.678 and 0.210, respectively). Levels of 9 biomarkers (body mass index, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, homeostasis model assessment as an index of insulin resistance, blood insulin, fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ) were determined. Vegetable intake was estimated using a dietary questionnaire.
Skin and serum carotenoid levels were measured via reflectance spectroscopy and high-performance liquid chromatography, respectively. To confirm the usefulness of noninvasive measurements of skin carotenoids to indicate vegetable intake and to elucidate relationships between skin carotenoid levels and biomarkers of circulatory diseases and metabolic syndrome, we conducted a cross-sectional study on a resident-based health checkup ( n = 811 58% women 49.5 ± 15.1 years).
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