ArticleAnnals of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism2016
Ultrasound measurement of pediatric visceral fat thickness: correlations with metabolic and liver profiles.
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- Employing machine learning for enhanced abdominal fat prediction in cavitation post-treatment.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association of pancreatic fat on imaging with pediatric metabolic co-morbidities.Pediatric radiology · 2023Article
- Possible prediction of obesity-related liver disease in children and adolescents using indices of body composition.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
- Comparison of Body Mass Index and Fat Indices in Predicting the Severity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Among Children Who Are Overweight and Obese.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Discriminatory ability of visceral adiposity index as an indicator for modeling cardio-metabolic risk factors in pediatric population: the CASPIAN-V study.Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research · 2019Article
- Visceral fat thickness and its associations with pubertal and metabolic parameters among girls with precocious puberty.Annals of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism · 2018Article
- Ultrasound as a method to evaluate the distribution of abdominal fat in obese prepubertal children and the relationship between abdominal fat and metabolic alterations.Radiologia brasileiraArticle
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Abstract
purposeAbdominal obesity is a fundamental factor underlying the development of metabolic syndrome. Because of radiation exposure and cost, computed tomography or dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry to evaluate abdominal adiposity are not appropriate in children. Authors evaluated whether ultrasound results could be an indicator of insulin resistance and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
methodsWe enrolled 73 subjects (aged 6-16 years) who were evaluated abdominal adiposity by ultrasound. Subcutaneous fat thickness was defined as the measurement from the skin-fat interface to the linea alba, and visceral fat thickness (VFT) was defined as the thickness from the linea alba to the aorta. Anthropometric and biochemical metabolic parameters were also collected and compared. The subjects who met 2 criteria, radiologic confirmed fatty liver and alanine aminotransferase >40, were diagnosed with NAFLD.
resultsThere was a strong positive correlation between VFT and obesity. VFT was highly correlated with the homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance score (r=0.403, P<0.001). The area under the curve for VFT as a predictor of NAFLD was 0.875 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.787-0.964). VFT of 34.3 mm was found to be the discriminating cutoff for NAFLD (sensitivity, 84.6%; specificity, 71.2%, respectively).
conclusionUltrasound could be useful in measuring VFT and assessing abdominal adiposity in children. Moreover, increased VFT might be an appropriate prognostic factor for insulin resistance and NAFLD.
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