Li HX, Zhang F, Zhao D, Xin Z, Guo SQ, Wang SM, Zhang JJ, Wang J, Li Y, Yang GR, Yang JK. Neck circumference as a measure of neck fat and abdominal visceral fat in Chinese adults. BMC Public Health. April 2014;14:311.
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Publication Date
April 2014
How Analyze was Used
“Neck adipose tissue, abdominal VAT [visceral adipose tissue] and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) areas (cm2) were measured with commercially available CT software, ANALYZE 10.0…, and electronically determined by image display window width of -195 to -45 Housfield units.”
Keywords
Central Obesity
Computer Tomography
Neck Circumference
Sagittal Abdominal Diameter
Visceral Adipose Tissue
Author Affiliation(s)
Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China. (H-XL, FZ, ZX, G-RY, J-KY)
Department of Endocrinology, Baoding No.1 Central Hospital, Baoding, Hebei 07100, China. (H-XL, S-QG, S-MW, J-JZ, JW,YL)
Department of Endocrinology, Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 101149, China. (DZ)
Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing 100730, China. (FZ, G-RY, J-KY)
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