CORRELATION OF VISCERAL FAT LEVEL AND POOR COGNITIVE FUNCTION AMONG ELDERLY POPULATION IN GIANYAR BALI

Visceral adipose tissue is more metabolically active and has a stronger influence on adipocytokine production. One of the main characteristics of visceral adipose tissue is its lipolysis ability which is stronger than others adipose tissue so that the number of free fatty acid in portal circulation will be a higher and increasing risk of developing insulin resistance. Visceral adipose tissue’s hormones are more proatherogenic. This research aims to find out whether visceral adipose tissue is correlated with poor cognitive performance and hopefully could fill the gap between one to another research and to prevent the poor cognitive performance by controlling the level of visceral adipose tissue regularly. We used a cross-sectional analytical study. The sample was recruited using total sampling method by collecting all elderly population in 5 elderly integrated healthcare centre located in Gianyar in July 2017. We obtained 107 samples. Visceral adipose tissue level was measured using Omron HBF 510 Body Composition Monitor with Scale, and cognitive performance was measured using a structured questionnaire Mini Mini State Examination (MMSE). Correlation test result using the gamma test showed that visceral adipose tissue was correlated moderately with poor cognitive performance ( ? 0.413 and p 0.003).