Comparison of regional fat measurements by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and conventional anthropometry and their association with markers of diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 850 - 857
• Main Authors: Vasan, S K, Osmond, C, Canoy, D, Christodoulides, C, Neville, M J, Di Gravio, C, Fall, C H D, Karpe, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/163/2743/137; 692/163/2743/393; 692/308/174; 692/499; 692/700/1421/1770; Absorptiometry, Photon; Adipose tissue; Adipose Tissue - diagnostic imaging; Adult; Anthropometry; Body fat; Body measurements; Body Size - physiology; Bone densitometry; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Comparative analysis; Confidence intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology; Diagnosis; Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; Energy measurement; Epidemiology; Fats; Female; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Hip; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertriglyceridemia; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Internal Medicine; Male; Markers; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Men; Metabolic Diseases; Middle Aged; Original; original-article; Public Health; Risk; Risk Factors; Type 2 diabetes

Background/Objectives: Fat distribution is a strong and independent predictor of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is usually determined using conventional anthropometry in epidemiological studies. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) can measure total and regional adiposi...