Correlation between vertebral bone marrow fat and abdomen fat: a prospective study / 南方医科大学学报
Journal of Southern Medical University
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(12): 286-289, 2016.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-264054
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the correlation between the lumbar bone marrow fat and abdominal fat.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 68 individuals (32 men and 36 women, aged 21-74 years with a median of 49.5 years) were included in this study. All the subjects underwent spectroscopic examination of the third lumber vertebra with the single voxel method on a 1.5T MR scanner to measure the fat fraction (FF%). Quantitative CT was also performed for measurement of the abdomen subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT). The measurements were compared between subjects aged ≥50 years and those below 50 years, respectively,in male or female subjects.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In male subjects, BMI, FF%, VAT or SAT showed no significant differences between the two age groups (P>0.05), and FF% was not correlated with BMI, VAT or SAT (r=0.109, 0.034, 0.066, respectively; P>0.05). In the female subjects, BMI, FF%, VAT and SAT differed significantly between the two age groups (P<0.05), and in ≥50 years group, FF% showed a positive correlation with VAT (r=0.499, P<0.05) but was not correlated with SAT (r=0.221, P>0.05); in<50 years group, FF% was not correlated with VAT or SAT (r=0.076, -0.067, respectively; P>0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>FF% is positively correlated with VAT in female subjects aged beyond 50 years, but is not correlated with VAT or SAT in male subjects or in younger female subjects.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Physiology
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Spine
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Bone Marrow
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Prospective Studies
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Intra-Abdominal Fat
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Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal
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Adiposity
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Lumbosacral Region
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Southern Medical University
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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