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Abdominal fat may be a better predictor than body mass index (BMI) for risk of metabolically‐related diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers. We sought to validate the… Click to show full abstract
Abdominal fat may be a better predictor than body mass index (BMI) for risk of metabolically‐related diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers. We sought to validate the percent fat reported on dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) regional spine scans (spine fat fraction, SFF) against abdominal fat obtained from total body scans using the iDXA machine (General Electric, Madison, WI), as previously done on the Prodigy model.
Keywords:
idxa spine;
abdominal fat;
fat;
spine scans;
use idxa
Journal Title: American Journal of Human Biology
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: American Journal of Human Biology
Year Published: 2018
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