title: The contribution of sonography to the measurement of intra-abdominal fat.
abstract: A study was conducted on a group of 50 obese females with a mean body mass index of 39 +/- 16, aged 19 years, in order to determine if sonography could be adopted as a direct means for measuring intra-abdominal fat deposits. Adipose tissue evaluation was performed by computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography (using 3.5-MHz and 5-MHz probes) at the L4 level. CT intra-abdominal fat area (VAT) and ultrasonography visceral thickness from abdominal muscle to aorta were the values mainly considered. Ultrasonographic intra-abdominal thickness correlated well with VAT (r = 0.669, p less than 0.001), supporting the hypothesis that ultrasonography could be useful in the direct evaluation of intra-abdominal fat deposits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Armellini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zamboni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rigo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Todesco
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Bergamo-Andreis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Procacci
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bosello
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014160:Transducers, Pressure; D014463:Ultrasonography