Novel and Simple Ultrasonographic Methods for Estimating the Abdominal Visceral Fat Area
Joint Authors
Kadowaki, Takashi
Asano, Takeharu
Kubota, Naoto
Koizumi, Norihiro
Itani, Kazunori
Mitake, Tsuyoshi
Yuhashi, Kazuhito
Liao, Hongen
Mitsuishi, Mamoru
Takeishi, Shigemi
Takahashi, Toshiaki
Ohnishi, Shin
Sasaki, Shiro
Sakuma, Ichiro
Source
International Journal of Endocrinology
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-08-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives.
To evaluate the abdominal visceral fat area (VFA), we developed novel ultrasonographic (US) methods for estimating.
Methods.
100 male volunteers were recruited, and their VFA was calculated by two novel US methods, the triangle method and the ellipse method.
The VFA calculated by these methods was compared with the VFA calculated by CT.
Results.
Both the VFA calculated by the triangle method (r=0.766, p<0.001) and the ellipse method (r=0.781, p<0.001) showed a high correlation coefficient with the VFA calculated by CT.
Also, the VFA calculated by our novel methods were significantly increased in subjects with one or more metabolic risk factors than in those without any risk factors.
Furthermore, the correlation coefficients obtained using the two methods were enhanced by the addition of multiple regression analysis (with the triangle method, r=0.8586, p<0.001; with the ellipse method, r=0.8642, p<0.001).
Conclusions.
The VFA calculated by the triangle or ellipse method showed a high correlation coefficient with the VFA calculated by CT.
These US methods are easy to use, they involve no radiation exposure, and the measurements can be conducted frequently.
We hope that our simple methods would be widely adopted for the evaluation of VFA.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Asano, Takeharu& Kubota, Naoto& Koizumi, Norihiro& Itani, Kazunori& Mitake, Tsuyoshi& Yuhashi, Kazuhito…[et al.]. 2017. Novel and Simple Ultrasonographic Methods for Estimating the Abdominal Visceral Fat Area. International Journal of Endocrinology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Asano, Takeharu…[et al.]. Novel and Simple Ultrasonographic Methods for Estimating the Abdominal Visceral Fat Area. International Journal of Endocrinology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Asano, Takeharu& Kubota, Naoto& Koizumi, Norihiro& Itani, Kazunori& Mitake, Tsuyoshi& Yuhashi, Kazuhito…[et al.]. Novel and Simple Ultrasonographic Methods for Estimating the Abdominal Visceral Fat Area. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1166686