Correlation between subcutaneous fat measurements in knee MRI and BMI: relationship to obesity and related co-morbidities.
Ricardo HernandezYara YounanMichael MulliganAdam D SingerGulshan B SharmaMonica UmpierrezFelix M GonzalezPublished in: Acta radiologica open (2019)
The SubCut fat index, a marker of distal femur subcutaneous fat on axial MRI, correlates with severity of obesity (BI) and associated obesity-related co-morbidities.
Keyphrases
- insulin resistance
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- weight gain
- weight loss
- type diabetes
- high fat diet induced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- body mass index
- total knee arthroplasty
- diffusion weighted imaging
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- bone mineral density
- knee osteoarthritis
- postmenopausal women
- drug induced