ArticleThe Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology2020
Effect of visceral fat tissue on superior mesenteric artery configuration: Is it superior to BMI?
Article in The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome Across Adulthood: A Retrospective Clinicoradiological Case Series.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- [Transposition of the Superior Mesenteric Artery at the Infrarenal Segment of the Aorta in "Nut Cracker Syndrome"].Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie · 2025Review
- Surgical and quality of life outcomes in patients with superior mesenteric artery syndrome following laparoscopic duodenojejunostomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Aortomesenteric angle: A contrast-enhanced computed tomography analysis of respiratory phase and visceral fat impact.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2025Article
- Evaluating aortomesenteric parameters in a tertiary center of Nepal for superior mesenteric artery syndrome diagnosis and risk factors: cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Abdominal Visceral Fat in Children and Adolescents.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
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aimsTo determine the effect of visceral fat volume measured via computed tomography (CT) images of umbilical slices on superior mesenteric artery (SMA) configuration, as compared with body mass index (BMI). In addition, this study aims to determine the effect of lumbar lordosis angle (LLA) on SMA configuration. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe study included 310 patients who underwent abdominal CT. On CT images, the aortomesenteric angle (AMA), the distance between SMA and aorta at three levels, and LLA were measured. Visceral fat volume was measured using three consecutive images obtained at the level of the umbilicus. The relationship among AMA, and distances measured between SMA and aorta, and visceral fat tissue volume were determined. The effect of LLA on AMA and distances measured between SMA and aorta was analyzed.
resultsThere was a significant positive correlation between visceral fat volume, and patient age, AMA, distances between SMA and aorta, LLA, and BMI (p<0.001). There were not any significant differences in AMA, distances between SMA and aorta, BMI, or visceral fat volume between the patients with an LLA of 20°-45° and those with an LLA >45° (p>0.05). There was a significant positive correlation between BMI, and AMA, distances between SMA and aorta (p<0.001). There was a significant positive correlation between visceral fat volume, and AMA, distances between SMA and aorta (p<0.001).
conclusionVisceral fat tissue volume is more valuable than BMI for evaluating the SMA configuration.
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