Ultrasound measures of abdominal fat layers correlate with metabolic syndrome features in patients with obesity.
Guillem Cuatrecasas CambraFrancisco de CaboMaria Josep CovesIoana PatrascioiuGerardo AguilarSonia MarchMariona BalfegóClara BretxaMarta CalboGabriel CuatrecasasGloria ArandaAida OroisIsabel BovéElena M MarronPilar García-LordaPublished in: Obesity science & practice (2020)
US is a valid method to measure all different abdominal fat depots. Omental and perirenal fat measures may classify patients at risk for MS. Preperitoneal fat depot may also correlate with fatty liver disease.