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ArticleObesity science & practice2017

Relationship between sudden natural death and abdominal fat evaluated on postmortem CT scans.

Y Kaichi, H Sakane, H Higashibori, Y Honda, F Tatsugami, Y Baba, M Iida, K Awai

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Article in Obesity science & practice, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Y KaichiDiagnostic Radiology Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
H SakaneDiagnostic Radiology Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
H HigashiboriDiagnostic Radiology Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
Y HondaDiagnostic Radiology Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
F TatsugamiDiagnostic Radiology Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
Y BabaDiagnostic Radiology Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
M IidaDiagnostic Radiology Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
K AwaiDiagnostic Radiology Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
Hiroshima University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study examined the association between sudden natural death and abdominal fat using postmortem computed tomography (CT) scans. SUBJECTS AND

methodsPostmortem CT images at the umbilical level of 241 subjects were used to measure abdominal areas of subcutaneous- and visceral fat, the rate of visceral fat and the waist circumference. Of the study subjects, 174 died of sudden natural death (130 men and 44 women), and 67 died of different causes (46 men and 21 women). All were between 40 and 75 years of age. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify independent abdominal parameters associated with sudden natural death.

resultsBy univariate analysis, the areas of subcutaneous and visceral fat were significantly larger in sudden natural death than who died of different causes (subcutaneous fat, odds ratio [OR] = 1.004, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.000-1.007,

conclusionsPostmortem CT revealed that sudden natural death was related to abdominal fat deposits.

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abdominal obesitycomputed tomographymortality

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PMID28702215
PMCPMC5478802
OpenAlexW2563372545

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