title: Efficacy of thigh volume ratios assessed via stereovision body imaging as a predictor of visceral adipose tissue measured by magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The research examined the efficacy of regional volumes of thigh ratios assessed by stereovision body imaging (SBI) as a predictor of visceral adipose tissue measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Body measurements obtained via SBI also were utilized to explore disparities of body size and shape in men and women.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred twenty-one participants were measured for total/regional body volumes and ratios via SBI and abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue areas by MRI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thigh to torso and thigh to abdomen-hip volume ratios were the most reliable parameters to predict the accumulation of visceral adipose tissue depots compared to other body measurements. Thigh volume in relation to torso [odds ratios (OR) 0.44] and abdomen-hip (OR 0.41) volumes were negatively associated with increased risks of greater visceral adipose tissue depots, even after controlling for age, gender, and body mass index (BMI). Irrespective of BMI classification, men exhibited greater total body (80.95L vs. 72.41L), torso (39.26L vs. 34.13L), and abdomen-hip (29.01L vs. 25.85L) volumes than women. Women had higher thigh volumes (4.93L vs. 3.99L) and lower-body volume ratios [thigh to total body (0.07 vs. 0.05), thigh to torso (0.15 vs. 0.11), and thigh to abdomen-hip (0.20 vs. 0.15); P < 0.05].
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The unique parameters of the volumes of thigh in relation to torso and abdomen-hip, by SBI were highly effective in predicting visceral adipose tissue deposition. The SBI provided an efficient method for determining body size and shape in men and women via total and regional body volumes and ratios. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 27:445-457, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors: Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
authors: Jane J
authors: JJ
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
authors: Jeanne H
authors: JH
authors: Freeland-Graves
authors: Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
authors: M Reese
authors: MR
authors: Pepper
authors: Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.|School of Human Ecology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
authors: Wurong
authors: W
authors: Yu
authors: Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.|School of Human Ecology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
authors: Bugao
authors: B
authors: Xu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013781:Texas; D013848:Thigh / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D055815:Young Adult
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