Quantification of lumbar vertebral fat deposition: Correlation with menopausal status, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and subcutaneous adipose tissue.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess abdominal fat deposition and lumbar vertebra with iterative decomposition of water and fat with echo asymmetry and least-squares estimation (IDEAL-IQ) and investigate their correlation with menopausal status.

Materials and methods

Two hundred forty women who underwent routine abdominal MRI and IDEAL-IQ between January 2016 and April 2021 were divided into two cohorts (first cohort: 120 pre- or postmenopausal women with severe fatty livers or without fatty livers; second cohort: 120 pre- or postmenopausal women who were obese or normal weight). The fat fraction (FF) values of the liver (FF_liver) and lumbar vertebra (FF_lumbar) in the first group and the FF values of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) (FF_SAT) and FF_lumbar</

SUBMITTER: Zheng CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9878446 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature