Armellini F, Zamboni M, Perdichizzi G, Greco A, Napoli N, Pandolfo I, Mondello G, Bosello O
Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Italy.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 1996 May;50(5):290-4.
To evaluate total visceral adipose tissue (AT) volumes in relation to single slices of visceral AT area measured at different levels and to other simple anthropometric measurements.
Only outpatients examined in a metabolic unit were considered; subjects without conditions known to affect AT distribution who gave their informed consent were recruited.
All subjects were hospitalized in the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Messina.
90 adult subjects of which 18 men and 42 pre- and 30 post-menopausal women. Ages ranged from 18 to 69 years and body mass indexes ranged from 22 to 50.
The AT volume was calculated by computed tomography from the AT area of five scans and from the distances between these scans.
AT area at the level of the 2nd-3rd lumbar vertebra had by itself the highest predictive power in men (s.e. = 6.8%), in post-menopausal women (s.e. = 7.4%) and, together with age, in pre-menopausal women (s.e. = 14%). Of the non-radiological parameters it was waist circumference, together with age, which showed the highest predictive power in men (s.e. = 21%), pre-menopausal women (s.e. = 25%) and, together with height, in post-menopausal women (s.e. = 33%).
A single scan measurement at the lumbar level was confirmed to be representative of total visceral AT volume. Waist circumference was the non-radiological parameter that best correlated with volume.
评估总内脏脂肪组织（AT）体积与在不同水平测量的单层面内脏AT面积以及其他简单人体测量指标之间的关系。
仅纳入在代谢科接受检查的门诊患者；招募无已知影响AT分布疾病且签署知情同意书的受试者。
所有受试者均在墨西拿大学内科住院。
90名成年受试者，其中18名男性，42名绝经前女性和30名绝经后女性。年龄范围为18至69岁，体重指数范围为22至50。
通过计算机断层扫描，根据五次扫描的AT面积以及这些扫描之间的距离计算AT体积。
在男性（标准误=6.8%）、绝经后女性（标准误=7.4%）中，第二至第三腰椎水平的AT面积本身具有最高的预测能力，在绝经前女性中，与年龄一起具有最高的预测能力（标准误=14%）。在非放射学参数中，腰围与年龄一起，在男性（标准误=21%）、绝经前女性（标准误=25%）中显示出最高的预测能力，在绝经后女性中，与身高一起显示出最高的预测能力（标准误=33%）。
腰椎水平的单次扫描测量被证实可代表总内脏AT体积。腰围是与体积相关性最好的非放射学参数。
