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SUBMITTER: Asano T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5585558 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Asano Takeharu T Kubota Naoto N Koizumi Norihiro N Itani Kazunori K Mitake Tsuyoshi T Yuhashi Kazuhito K Liao Hongen H Mitsuishi Mamoru M Takeishi Shigemi S Takahashi Toshiaki T Ohnishi Shin S Sasaki Shiro S Sakuma Ichiro I Kadowaki Takashi T
International journal of endocrinology 20170822
<h4>Objectives</h4>To evaluate the abdominal visceral fat area (VFA), we developed novel ultrasonographic (US) methods for estimating.<h4>Methods</h4>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 methods was compared with the VFA calculated by CT.<h4>Results</h4>Both the VFA calculated by the triangle method (<i>r</i> = 0.766, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and the ellipse method (<i>r</i> = 0. ...[more]