The sonographic fat/muscle ratio.
A wide variety of biochemical and morphometric parameters have been applied to estimation of nutritional status. A-mode ultrasound has been used to estimate subcutaneous fat thickness in humans; similar studies are reported in the veterinary literature. We applied B-mode ultrasonography to the triceps region of the nondominant arm. Subcutaneous fat and triceps muscle thickness were measured and the ratio of fat to muscle calculated.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000886:Anthropometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D014463:Ultrasonography