Validity of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry for estimation of visceral adipose tissue and visceral adipose tissue change after surgery-induced weight loss in women with severe obesity.
Maxine Ashby-ThompsonStanley HeshkaBridgette RizkallaRosalie ZurloThaisa LemosIsaiah JanumalaBret GoodpasterJames DeLanyAnita CourcoulasGladys StrainAlfons PompPatrick KangSusan LinJohn ThorntonDympna GallagherPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2022)
CoreScan lacks validity for comparing VAT across individuals or for estimating the size of changes within individuals; however, within the limits of measurement error, it may provide a useful indicator of whether some VAT change has occurred within an individual.
Keyphrases
- dual energy
- insulin resistance
- adipose tissue
- weight loss
- computed tomography
- high fat diet
- high fat diet induced
- image quality
- bariatric surgery
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- high glucose
- type diabetes
- drug induced
- roux en y gastric bypass
- diabetic rats
- glycemic control
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- gastric bypass
- weight gain
- body composition
- high resolution
- endothelial cells
- obese patients
- physical activity