Open AccessApproximation of total visceral adipose tissue with a single magnetic resonance image
Author(s) -
Ellen W. Demerath,
Wei Shen,
Miryoung Lee,
Audrey C. Choh,
Stefan A. Czerwinski,
Roger M. Siervogel,
Bradford Towne
Publication year - 2007
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/85.2.362
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , mathematics , adipose tissue , nuclear medicine , linear regression , lumbar , analysis of variance , anatomy , statistics , radiology
A single axial image measured between the 4th and 5th lumbar vertebrae (L4-L5) is most frequently chosen to approximate total abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT) volume, but growing evidence suggests that this measurement site is not ideal.
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