Somatotypological parameters of the body in men and women withseborrheic dermatitis of varying severity

Abstract

Comprehensive analysis of clinical and anthropometric predictors allows to fully and accurately objectify the long-termprognosis of patients with generalized fatty form of seborrheic dermatitis. Therefore, it is planned to supplement the existing data bystudying the features of the components of the somatotype and indicators of the component composition of body weight in this categoryof patients. The purpose of the study is to establish and analyze the characteristics of somatotype components and indicators of thecomponent composition of body weight in men and women with generalized fatty seborrheic dermatitis of varying severity. In 40Ukrainian men and 40 Ukrainian women (25-44 years according to the age periodization of the WHO, 2015) patients with generalizedfatty seborrheic dermatitis (hereinafter seborrheic dermatitis) identified components of the somatotype according to the Heath-Carterscheme and the absolute amount of fat, bone and muscle components of body weight according to the formulas of Matiegka J. and theAmerican Institute of Nutrition (AIN). As a control, similar indicators were taken from practically healthy Ukrainian men (n=82) andwomen (n=154) from the data bank of the National Pirogov Memorial Medical University Research Center, Vinnytsya. Statisticalanalysis of the results was performed in the license package "Statistica 6.0" using non-parametric evaluation methods. Studies inpatients with seborrheic dermatitis of varying severity compared to practically healthy men have shown higher values of the musclecomponent of body weight according to the methods of Matiegka and AIN, as well as lower values of fat component of body weight. Inpatients of varying severity of women compared to practically healthy women, found higher values of mesomorphic component ofsomatotype, muscle component of body weight by Matiegka and AIN, bone component of body weight (severe only), and lower valuesof fat component of body weight (only with a slight degree). There are no significant or tendency differences between the componentsof somatotype and the indicators of the component composition of body weight between men or women with seborrheic dermatitis ofvarying severity. In the analysis of the manifestations of sexual dimorphism of the studied body parameters between men and womenwith seborrheic dermatitis, higher values were found in men (regardless of the severity of the disease) of the muscle component ofbody weight by Matiegka and AIN and bone component of body weight. Thus, among the parameters associated with an unfavorableprognosis of this dermatosis are the muscle component of body weight according to Matiegka and AIN, fat component of body weight(in both sexes) and mesomorphic and ectomorphic components of somatotype (in women).