Reference values of body composition parameters and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) by DXA in adults aged 18-81 years-results from the LEAD cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing attention has been drawn on the assessment of body composition phenotypes, since the distribution of soft tissue influences cardio-metabolic risk. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is a validated technique to assess body composition. European reference values from population-based cohorts are rare.

Aims

To provide age- and sex-related reference values of body composition parameters and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass, and for lean mass index (LMI) with regard to fat mass index (FMI) quantities and BMI categories.

Methods

GE-Lunar Prodigy DXA scans of 10.894 participants, aged 18-81 years, recruited from 2011 to 2019 by the Austrian LEAD study, a population-based cohort study, have been used to construct reference curves using the LMS meth

SUBMITTER: Ofenheimer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7402993 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature