Open AccessVisceral adipose tissue: relationships between single slice areas at different locations and obesity-related health risks
Author(s) -
Wei Shen,
Mark Punyanitya,
J Chen,
Dympna Gallagher,
Jeanine Albu,
Xavier PiSunyer,
Cora E. Lewis,
Carl Grünfeld,
Steven B. Heymsfield,
Stanley Heshka
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803474
Subject(s) - medicine , adipose tissue , obesity , overweight , endocrinology , magnetic resonance imaging , metabolic syndrome , intra abdominal fat , blood pressure , insulin resistance , physiology , visceral fat , radiology
Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is widely recognized as conveying the highest health risk in humans among the currently measurable adipose tissue compartments. A recent study indicated that the traditionally measured VAT area at L(4)-L(5) is not the VAT area with the highest correlation with total VAT volume. At present, it is unknown whether the area with the highest correlation is also the most strongly associated with obesity-related health risk.