The prevalence and predictors of active brown adipose tissue in Chinese adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Previous studies have shown that active brown adipose tissue (BAT) is present in adults and may play important roles in the regulation of energy homeostasis. However, nearly every study has been carried out in patients undergoing scanning for cancer surveillance (CS), whose metabolism and BAT activity may not reflect those of healthy individuals. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and predictors of active BAT in Chinese adults, particularly in healthy individuals.

Design

A total of 31,088 consecutive subjects aged ≥18 years who had undergone positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanning of BAT were evaluated in this study.

Methods

We measured BAT activity via (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in subjects who had

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4127998 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature