open access

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/71399

Visceral adipose tissue area measurement at a single level: can it represent visceral adipose tissue volume?

英語

2017-08

British Institute of Radiology

British journal of radiology

90(1077)

20170253

Objective: Measurement of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) needs to be accurate and sensitive to change for risk monitoring. The purpose of this study is to determine the CT slice location where VAT area can best reflect changes in VAT volume and body weight. Methods: 60 plain abdominal CT images from 30 males [mean age (range) 51 (41-68) years, mean body weight (range) 71.1 (101.9-50.9) kg] who underwent workplace screenings twice within a 1-year interval were evaluated. Automatically calculated and manually corrected areas of the VAT of various scan levels using "freeform curve" region of interest on CT were recorded and compared with body weight changes. Results: The strongest correlations of VAT area with VAT volume and body weight changes were shown in a slice 3 cm above the lower margin of L3 with r values of 0.853 and 0.902, respectively. Conclusion: VAT area measurement at a single level 3 cm above the lower margin of the L3 vertebra is feasible and can reflect changes in VAT volume and body weight. Advances in knowledge: As VAT area at a CT slice 3 cm above the lower margin of L3 can best reflect interval changes in VAT volume and body weight, VAT area measurement should be selected at this location.

学術雑誌論文

Version of Record

Noumura, Y., Kamishima, T., Sutherland, K., Nishimura, H., Visceral adipose tissue area measurement at a single level: can it represent visceral adipose tissue volume?. British Institute of Radiology, 2017; 90: 20170253.

0007-1285

1748-880X