Novel and Simple Ultrasonographic Methods for Estimating the Abdominal Visceral Fat Area.

ABSTRACT:

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

SUBMITTER: Asano T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5585558 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature