Visceral adiposity and hepatic steatosis at abdominal CT: Association with the metabolic syndrome

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1100-1107

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a   Jee, Young ^a   O'Connor, Stacy D ^a   Del Rio, Alejandro Muñoz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Fatty liver disease; Hepatic steatosis; Metabolic syndrome; Subcutaneous fat; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860330650     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7361     Document Type: Article

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