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KMID : 0928320080080040272
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Korean Journal of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
2008 Volume.8 No. 4 p.272 ~ p.280
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Association between the Measurement Location of Abdominal Fat Evaluated by CT and Metabolic Syndrome among Korean Men
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Choi Eun-Young
Park Seok-Gun
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Abstract
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Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of measurement location on the association between metabolic syndrome and abdominal fat evaluated by CT among Korean men
Methods: The subjects consisted of 55 Korean men who underwent Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) as a part of general health checkup at Dankook University Hospital. VAT and ASAT were measured using CT data from PET/CT chosen at 5cm intervals between 5cm below and 20cm above L4~5 level. The odds ratio (OR) per SD increase in VAT and ASAT was calculated using multiple logistic regressions adjusted for age.
Results: The OR for metabolic syndrome with VAT was highest for 5cm above L4~L5 (OR=3.33, 95% confidence interval: 1.55-7.19, P=0.002), greater than that for L4~5 level (OR=2.25, 95% confidence interval: 1.12-4.56, P=0.023). VAT was associated with metabolic syndrome in all measurement location except for 5cm below L4~5. The differences of odds ratio according to measurement location were not great. However, ASAT was not associated with metabolic syndrome regardless of measurement location (P>0.50).
Conclusions: VAT was associated with metabolic syndrome in all measurement location except for 5cm below L4~5. ASAT was not associated with metabolic syndrome regardless of measurement location. Influence of measurement location was not great on the relationship between metabolic syndrome and abdominal fat.
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KEYWORD
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metabolic syndrome, visceral adipose tissue, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue, measurement location, computed
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