title: InBody 720 as a new method of evaluating visceral obesity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to assess the efficacy of bioelectrical impedance analysis by InBody 720 as a new tool for measuring visceral fat area.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 53 consecutive patients elected to undergo surgical resection of primary gastric cancer received preoperative measurement of visceral fat area at the umbilical level with both computed tomography and bioelectrical impedance analysis by InBody 720.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Visceral fat area values measured by InBody 720 significantly correlated with those by computed tomography (R = 0.759).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bioelectrical impedance analysis by InBody 720 was shown to be useful as a more convenient substitute for computed tomography when measuring visceral fat area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Osaka Medical Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisataka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujitani
authors.forename: Toshimasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsujinaka
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imanishi
authors.forename: Hatsumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shirakata
authors.forename: Aiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kantani
authors.forename: Motohiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirao
authors.forename: Yukinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: Shigetoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Utsumi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed