ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2021
The Appropriateness Criteria of Abdominal Fat Measurement at the Level of the L1-L2 Intervertebral Disc in Patients With Obesity.
Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06606912 (Predictive Effect of Abdominal Fat and Muscle Area Calculated Based on Abdominal CT on Short- and Long-term Outcomes in Patients with Gastric Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Predictive Effect of Abdominal Fat and Muscle Area Calculated Based on Abdominal CT on Short- and Long-term Outcomes in Patients with Gastric Cancer
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Abstract
Background: In this study, we proposed to use MR images at L1-L2 (lumbar) intervertebral disc level to measure abdominal fat area in patients with obesity. The quantitative results would provide evidence for the individualized assessment of the severity of obesity. Methods: All patients in the IRB-approved database of Beijing Friendship Hospital who underwent bariatric surgery between November 2017 and November 2019 were recruited. We retrospectively reviewed upper abdominal magnetic resonance (MR) data before surgery. We analyzed the correlation and consistency of the area of abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (ASAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) measured at the L1-L2 and L2-L3 levels on MR images. We randomly distributed the cases into prediction model training data and testing data at a ratio of 7:3. Results: Two hundred and forty-five subjects were included. The ASAT and VAT results within the L1-L2 and L2-L3 levels were very similar and highly correlated (male Conclusion: For patients with obesity, the L1-L2 intervertebral disc level can be used as the substitution of L2-L3 level in abdominal fat measurement.
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