A Preliminary Study on Infrared Thermograph of Metabolic Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the temperature distribution characteristics of the face, palms, feet and the trunk area of metabolic syndrome (MS) through infrared thermography (IRT) and provide evidence for the application of IRT in the assistant evaluation of MS population.

Methods

We collected thermographs of 184 participants (91 males, 93 females) and further divided participants of each gender into 4 groups according to the number of abnormal metabolic indexes. Mean temperatures of 6 Region of Interests (ROIs) (face, anterior trunk, bilateral palms and dorsum of feet) were calculated. Comparisons of the mean temperatures between genders, among groups and ROIs were carried out.

Results

Male participants had higher mean temperature in their face, palms (P<0.01) and do

SUBMITTER: Gao MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9042650 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature