Algorithm for radiological examination of visceral obesity in patients with metabolic syndrome

• Published in: Bi͡u︡lletenʹ Sibirskoĭ medit͡s︡iny Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 27 - 34
• Main Authors: Suslyayeva, N. M., Zavadovskaya, V. D., Shoulga, O. S., Zaviyalova, Yu. G., Samoilova, Yu. G., Borodin, O. Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Siberian State Medical University (Tomsk) 28.10.2012
• Subjects: висцеральная жировая ткань; диагностика висцерального ожирения; подкожная жировая ткань; толщина висцерального жира; толщина предбрюшинного жира
• ISSN: 1682-0363; 1819-3684
• DOI: 10.20538/1682-0363-2012-5-27-34

In order to assess the possibility of applying the methods of radiation diagnosis of visceral obesity in the metabolic syndrome in clinical practice and compare their results with indicators of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism were examined 78 patients (38 men and 40 women), mean age (45.9 ± 15.5). All patients underwent computed or magnetic resonance imaging according to standard procedure, an ultrasound evaluation of various parameters: the thickness of visceral fat, subcutaneous fat, and their ratio, the thickness of preperitoneal fat in the target level. Based on the application of ROC-analysis identified thresholds for all radiological methods, a comparative analysis of the studied diagnostic models (tomographic methods and the ultrasonic method) compared with the anthropometric measurements (WC/HС). Using these results, the algorithm was ray studies of visceral obesity in patients with metabolic syndrome.