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Measuring Abdominal Adipose Tissue: Comparison of Simpler Methods with MRI

Lucy M. Browning, Owen Mugridge, Adrian K. Dixon, Sri W. Aitken, Andrew M. Prentice, Susan A. Jebb

Obesity Facts · 2011 · 80 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

None of the simpler techniques show strong correlations with VAT measured by MRI, but WC, abdominal BIA 'visceral fat level' and DXA L2-L4 fat all show similar and strong correlations with TAAT and may be useful in large scale surveys.

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