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Review analysis of the association between the prevalence of activated brown adipose tissue and outdoor temperature.
Article in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Determinants of activity of brown adipose tissue in lymphoma patients.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Brown adipose tissue activation and cardiovascular risk following PD-1 antibody therapy in cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Brown fat thermogenesis and cold adaptation in humans.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2025Review
- Brown Adipose Tissue and Its Role in Insulin and Glucose Homeostasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Impact of diverse chemotherapeutic agents and external factors on activation of brown adipose tissue in a large patient collective.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Optimizing the methodology for measuring supraclavicular skin temperature using infrared thermography; implications for measuring brown adipose tissue activity in humans.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- [Research progress on the relationship of brown adipose tissue with polycystic ovary syndrome].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2017Review
- Prevalence, mass, and glucose-uptake activity of ¹⁸F-FDG-detected brown adipose tissue in humans living in a temperate zone of Italy.PloS one · 2013Article
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Abstract
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is important for regulating body weight. Environmental temperature influences BAT activation. Activated BAT is identifiable using (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT). (18)F-FDG PET/CT scans done between June 2005 and May 2009 in our institution in tropical southern Taiwan and BAT studies from PubMed (2002-2011) were reviewed, and the average outdoor temperatures during the study periods were obtained. A simple linear regression was used to analyze the association between the prevalence of activated BAT (P) and the average outdoor temperature (T). The review analysis for 9 BAT studies (n = 16, 765) showed a significant negative correlation (r = -0.741, P = 0.022) between the prevalence of activated BAT and the average outdoor temperature. The equation of the regression line is P(%) = 6.99 - 0.20 × T (°C). The prevalence of activated BAT decreased by 1% for each 5°C increase in average outdoor temperature. In a neutral ambient temperature, the prevalence of activated BAT is low and especially rare in the tropics. There is a significant linear negative correlation between the prevalence of activated BAT and the average outdoor temperature.
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