Anthropometric estimators of abdominal fat volume in adults with overweight and obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

To evaluate anthropometric measures for the prediction of whole-abdominal adipose tissue volumes V_XAT (subcutaneous V_SAT, visceral V_VAT and total V_TAT) in patients with obesity.

Subjects/methods

A total of 181 patients (108 women) with overweight or obesity were analyzed retrospectively. MRI data (1.5 T) were available from independent clinical trials at a single institution (Integrated Research and Treatment Center of Obesity, University of Leipzig). A custom-made software was used for automated tissue segmentation. Anthropometric parameters (AP) were circumferences of the waist (WC) and hip (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and the (hypothetical) hip-to-height ratio (HHtR). Agreeme

SUBMITTER: Michel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10113142 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature