Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry for Quantification of Visceral Fat

Obesity is the major risk factor for metabolic syndrome and through it diabetes as well as cardiovascular disease. Visceral fat (VF) rather than subcutaneous fat (SF) is the major predictor of adverse events. Currently, the reference standard for measuring VF is abdominal X-ray computed tomography (...

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Hauptverfasser: Kaul, Sanjiv, Rothney, Megan P., Peters, Dawn M., Wacker, Wynn K., Davis, Cynthia E., Shapiro, Michael D., Ergun, David L.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Methods and Techniques
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361068/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22282048
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/oby.2011.393
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