Assessment of Abdominal Fat Compartments Using DXA in Premenopausal Women From Anorexia Nervosa to Morbid Obesity

Abstract

A new DXA technique is able to assess abdominal fat compartments including VAT in premenopausal women across a large weight spectrum. However, DXA measurements of abdominal fat were higher than CT, and this percent bias was most pronounced in the AN subjects and decreased with increasing weight, suggesting that this technique may be more useful in obese individuals.