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Fat Attenuation at CT in Anorexia Nervosa
Author(s) -
Corey M. Gill,
Martin Torriani,
Rachel A. Murphy,
Tamara B. Harris,
Karen K. Miller,
Anne Klibanski,
Miriam A. Bredella
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.118
H-Index - 295
eISSN - 1527-1315
pISSN - 0033-8419
DOI - 10.1148/radiol.2015151104
Subject(s) - medicine , adipose tissue , endocrinology , hormone , body mass index , anorexia nervosa , analysis of variance , thyroid , abdomen , surgery , eating disorders , psychiatry
To investigate the composition, cross-sectional area (CSA), and hormonal correlates of different fat depots in women with anorexia nervosa (AN) and control subjects with normal weights to find out whether patients with AN have lower fat CSA but higher attenuation than did control subjects and whether these changes may be mediated by gonadal steroids, cortisol, and thyroid hormones.

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