ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2021
Accuracy of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry for assessing longitudinal change in visceral adipose tissue in patients with coronary artery disease.
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- Monitoring body composition change for intervention studies with advancing 3D optical imaging technology in comparison to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Article
- Validity of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry for estimation of visceral adipose tissue and visceral adipose tissue change after surgery-induced weight loss in women with severe obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Article
- Effects of a Very Low-Carbohydrate High-Fat Diet and High-Intensity Interval Training on Visceral Fat Deposition and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Overfat Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- Visceral adipose tissue in obesity: A comparison between DXA and MRI measures.Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical DensitometryArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectiveVisceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a key target of interventions for obesity-related diseases. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) can estimate VAT, however its accuracy to measure longitudinal change in VAT compared to gold-standard techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), has not been studied in adults. This study aimed to determine the accuracy of DXA compared with gold-standard MRI for cross-sectional VAT assessment, and for detecting longitudinal change in VAT.
methodsAdults with coronary artery disease (64 ± 8 years; BMI 27.8 ± 3.5 kg/m
resultsStrong correlations were found between DXA-VAT and MRI-VAT at baseline (r = 0.90; p < 0.001), and longitudinal change in DXA-VAT and MRI-VAT over 3- and 12-months (r = 0.67; p < 0.001). In contrast, Bland-Altman analysis revealed significant overestimation by DXA-VAT volume at baseline by 13% [-104 cm
conclusionsCompared with MRI, DXA substantially underestimated longitudinal changes in VAT. Therefore, DXA is not currently a valid alternative to MRI for quantifying VAT changes and may under-represent the effectiveness of interventions for obesity management.
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