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Specific characterization of regional storage fat in upper and lower limbs of young healthy adults.

Junichiro Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Kurihara, Maki Yoshikawa, Sadayoshi Taguchi, Takeshi Hashimoto

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Article in SpringerPlus, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Junichiro Yamauchi *Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397 Japan.
Toshiyuki Kurihara *Department of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577 Japan.
Maki YoshikawaDepartment of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577 Japan.
Sadayoshi TaguchiDepartment of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577 Japan.
Takeshi Hashimoto *Future Institute for Sport Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
Ritsumeikan University · JPTokyo Metropolitan University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the specific characterization of regional storage fat in the upper limb as compared to the lower limb of young healthy adults. The regional storage fat and skeletal muscle in upper and lower limbs were obtained by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). For MRI measurements, images at the continuous anatomical cross-sectional areas of subcutaneous adipose tissue and skeletal muscle in the upper arm and thigh were selected for the analysis. Values measured by MRI were larger than those measured by BIA. MRI data showed that the percentage of fat was significantly higher in the upper arm compared to the thigh in both men and women. This study suggests that BIA results in a significantly different estimation of the whole body and limb composition when compared to MRI and that MRI is useful to determine regional specificities in the limb composition. From these quantified evaluation, we found significantly large amount of regional storage fat in upper limbs of young healthy adults, especially women.

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Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)Body compositionMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)ThighUpper arm

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PMID26261760
PMCPMC4529424
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