Reference Values for DXA-Derived Visceral Adipose Tissue in Adults 40 Years and Older from a European Population: The Tromsø Study 2015-2016. ...

BACKGROUND: Reference values for visceral adipose tissue (VAT) are needed and it has been advocated that body composition measures depend on both the technique and methods applied, as well as the population of interest. We aimed to develop reference values for VAT in absolute grams (VATg), percent (...

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Main Authors: Lundblad, Marie W, Jacobsen, Bjarne K, Johansson, Jonas, De Lucia Rolfe, Emanuella, Grimsgaard, Sameline, Hopstock, Laila A
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021
Subjects:
Absorptiometry, Photon
Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Intra-Abdominal Fat
Male
Metabolic Syndrome
ROC Curve
Reference Values
Tromsø
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.70317
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/322859
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Summary:BACKGROUND: Reference values for visceral adipose tissue (VAT) are needed and it has been advocated that body composition measures depend on both the technique and methods applied, as well as the population of interest. We aimed to develop reference values for VAT in absolute grams (VATg), percent (VAT%), and as a kilogram-per-meters-squared index (VATindex) for women and men, and investigate potential differences between these measures and their associations with cardiometabolic risk factors (including metabolic syndrome (MetS)). METHODS: In the seventh survey of the population-based Tromsø Study, 3675 participants (aged 40-84, 59% women) attended whole-body DXA scans (Lunar Prodigy GE) from where VAT was derived. We used descriptive analysis, correlations, receiver operating characteristics (ROC), and logistic regression to propose reference values for VAT and investigated VAT's association with cardiometabolic risk factors, MetS and single MetS components. Further, Youden's index was used to suggest ...

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