Anthropometric estimators of abdominal fat volume in adults with overweight and obesity
Authors' conclusion
We suggest the use of sex-specific parameters-BMI or HC for females and WC for males-for the estimation of abdominal SAT and TAT volumes in patients with overweight or obesity.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with overweight or obesity from independent clinical trials at one institution (Integrated Research and Treatment Center of Obesity, University of Leipzig); 108 women108 women
- Participants
- 181 patients
- Exposure
- Anthropometric parameters (WC, HC, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), hip-to-height ratio (HHtR), BMI) as estimators of MRI-measured abdominal adipose tissue volumes
- Outcome
- Agreement between estimated (linear AP-VXAT regression) and MRI-measured abdominal SAT, VAT and TAT volumes: SD of percent differences (sd%) and Pearson's r
Methodological detailssingle-centre, MRI-based automated tissue segmentation
- Single-centre
- MRI-based automated tissue segmentation
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Agreement (sd%) of anthropometric estimates with MRI-measured abdominal fat volumes
- SAT volume, all patients: smallest sd% for HC
- 25.1%
- SAT volume, all patients: HHtR
- 25.2%
- SAT volume, females: BMI
- 17.5%
- SAT volume, females: HC
- 17.2%
- SAT volume, males: WC
- 20.7%
- TAT volume, mixed population: best estimated by BMI closely followed by WC
- roughly 17.5%
- TAT volume, females: BMI and WC
- around 16%
- TAT volume, males: WC
- below 14%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Anthropometric estimators of abdominal fat volume in adults with overweight and obesity. Int J Obes (Lond). Published 7 February 2023. doi:10.
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