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Publication Date
December 2008
How Analyze was Used
“The images were then segmented, and regions of interests of the SAT and VAT were created and their respective areas measured using Analyze 7.0 … software.”
Keywords
Adiponectin/blood
Adult
Body Composition/physiology
Body Mass Index
Cohort Studies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Down-Regulation/physiology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Humans
Intra-Abdominal Fat/physiopathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Male
Middle Aged
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive/diagnosis/physiopathology
Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal/physiopathology
Sympathetic Nervous System/physiopathology
Author Affiliation(s)
Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, S.A.R., China. (JCML, AX, DCLL, AYKL, BL, KSLL, MSMI)
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, S.A.R., China. (ST)
Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, S.A.R., China. (PIK)
Medical Statistics Unit, Clinical Trial Centre, he University of Hong Kong, Hong. (TJY)
Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China. (AX, MSMI)
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Tags: Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat/physiopathology, Adiponectin/blood, Adult, Body Composition/physiology, Body Mass Index, Cohort Studies, Cross Sectional Studies, Down-Regulation/physiology, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Humans, Intra-Abdominal Fat/physiopathology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Male, Middle Aged, Obstructive Sleep Apnea/diagnosis/physiopathology, Sympathetic Nervous System/physiopathology