Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis to Assess Visceral and Abdominal Adipose Tissue.

CONCLUSIONS: Visceral BIA measurements agreed better with MRI measurements of the total abdomen than of the visceral compartment, indicating that BIA visceral fat area assessment cannot differentiate adipose tissue between visceral and abdominal compartments in young and older participants.
PMID: 31898402 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Obesity - January 2, 2020 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Chaudry O, Grimm A, Friedberger A, Kemmler W, Uder M, Jakob F, Quick HH, von Stengel S, Engelke K Tags: Obesity (Silver Spring) Source Type: research