A new radiological index for the assessment of higher body fat status and lumbar spine degeneration

• Published in: Skeletal radiology Vol. 51; no. 6; pp. 1261 - 1271
• Main Authors: Özcan-Ekşi, Emel Ece, Kara, Müjdat, Berikol, Gürkan, Orhun, Ömer, Turgut, Veli Umut, Ekşi, Murat Şakir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2022; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adipose Tissue - diagnostic imaging; Adipose tissues; Backache; Body fat; Body mass index; Body size; Computed tomography; CT imaging; Degeneration; Evaluation; Humans; Imaging; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - pathology; Intervertebral discs; Low back pain; Low Back Pain - diagnostic imaging; Low Back Pain - pathology; Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Lumbar Vertebrae - pathology; Lumbosacral Region; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Medicine, Experimental; Nuclear Medicine; Obesity; Obesity - diagnostic imaging; Orthopedics; Osteoarthritis, Spine; Parameters; Pathology; Physiological aspects; Radiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Scientific Article; Spine (lumbar); Statistics; Subcutaneous fat; Fatty degeneration; Modic changes; Paraspinal muscles; Disc degeneration

Objective Obesity has been proposed as a risk factor for low back pain (LBP) and intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). Even though body mass index (BMI) is used as a parameter for obesity, it could not represent percentage and distribution of the body fat. Subcutaneous fat tissue thickness (SFTT)...