Psoas muscle area and paraspinal muscle fat in children and young adults with or without obesity and fatty liver.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the muscle condition in children with obesity.

Objectives

To investigate the effect of obesity and fatty liver on muscle area and muscle fat in children and young adults.

Materials and methods

We evaluated consecutive liver fat quantification MRIs in children and young adults between June 2015 and April 2019. We obtained hepatic fat and paraspinal muscle fat at mid L2 from the fat map, psoas muscle area (PMA) at mid L3, and z-score of PMA. The patient's age, height and weight at the time of the MRI were recorded. Body mass index (BMI) z-score was also calculated. Spearman correlation and partial correlation analyses were performed. Univariate and multivariate regression analyses were also performed using significant variables.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Albakheet SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8598034 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature