Open AccessVisceral adipose tissue: relations between single-slice areas and total volume
Author(s) -
Wei Shen,
Mark Punyanitya,
ZiMian Wang,
Dympna Gallagher,
MariePierre StOnge,
Jeanine Albu,
Steven B. Heymsfield,
Stanley Heshka
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/80.2.271
Subject(s) - adipose tissue , volume (thermodynamics) , medicine , anatomy , quantum mechanics , physics
Visceral adipose tissue (VAT), which is linked with the metabolic consequences of obesity, is usually characterized by measuring VAT area at the L4-L5 vertebral interspace. However, the location of the slice with the strongest relation to VAT volume is not established.
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