Visceral adipose tissue volume estimated at imaging sites 5-6 cm above L4-L5 is optimal for predicting cardiovascular risk factors in obese Japanese men

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 297-305

  So, Rina ^a,b   Sasai, Hiroyuki ^c   Matsuo, Tomoaki ^a   Tsujimoto, Takehiko ^a   Eto, Miki ^a   Saotome, Kousaku ^a   Tanaka, Kiyoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b National Institutes of Health ^*

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Exercise; Measurement site; Multiple slice image; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JAPANESE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; JAPAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864428244     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.227.297     Document Type: Article

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