Open AccessEvaluation of adipose tissue mass with anthropometric and visualization methods; its relation to the components of the metabolic syndrome
Author(s) -
Т. Н. Маркова,
В А Кичигин,
Диомидова Валентина Николаевна,
Dimitri Markov,
О В Петрова
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
ožirenie i metabolizm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2306-5524
pISSN - 2071-8713
DOI - 10.14341/2071-8713-4820
Subject(s) - adipose tissue , waist , anthropometry , medicine , ultrasound , overweight , abdomen , subcutaneous fat , magnetic resonance imaging , metabolic syndrome , circumference , obesity , subcutaneous adipose tissue , classification of obesity , fat mass , endocrinology , radiology , mathematics , geometry
We performed an estimation of body fat using ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and anthropometry in 60 patients with different types of body weight (BW). Correlation of waist circumference (WC), thickness of subcutaneous fat and visceral fat with components of the metabolic syndrome was studied comparatively between ultrasound and MRI measurements. We noted a preferential increase in the thickness of visceral fat compared with subcutaneous with increasing degree of BW. Significant increase in adipose tissue and the development of metabolic disorders occurs in overweight, making it the state close to obesity. During a routine ultrasound of the abdomen it is advisable to determine the thickness of subcutaneous and visceral fat separately.