Novel and Simple Ultrasonographic Methods for Estimating the Abdominal Visceral Fat Area

Objectives. To evaluate the abdominal visceral fat area (VFA), we developed novel ultrasonographic (US) methods for estimating. Methods. 100 male volunteers were recruited, and their VFA was calculated by two novel US methods, the triangle method and the ellipse method. The VFA calculated by these m...

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Main Authors: Takeharu Asano, Naoto Kubota, Norihiro Koizumi, Kazunori Itani, Tsuyoshi Mitake, Kazuhito Yuhashi, Hongen Liao, Mamoru Mitsuishi, Shigemi Takeishi, Toshiaki Takahashi, Shin Ohnishi, Shiro Sasaki, Ichiro Sakuma, Takashi Kadowaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8796069
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