HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY CAN MEASURE SUBCUTANEOUS, VISCERAL AND TOTAL FAT AREAS?
ABSTRACT Background: Abdominal obesity or android obesity, that is, the increase in adipose tissue in the abdominal region, is considered a risk factor for several morbidities. Different ways of quantifying it have been proposed, one method is the measurement of the abdominal fat area by computed t...
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author | Guilherme WENDLER Paulo Afonso Nunes NASSIF Osvaldo MALAFAIA Eduardo WENDLER Ilana Barrichello Torres WENDLER Luiza Marcelli CIRPIANI |
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description | ABSTRACT Background: Abdominal obesity or android obesity, that is, the increase in adipose tissue in the abdominal region, is considered a risk factor for several morbidities. Different ways of quantifying it have been proposed, one method is the measurement of the abdominal fat area by computed tomography. Aim: To establish correspondence between the groups defined by degree of obesity in relation to the total, subcutaneous and visceral fat area. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study carried out through the analysis of tomographic examinations. Horos v3.3.5 medical image visualization software was used, with abdominal tomography in a single cut including the L4 vertebral body and the umbilical scar, to obtain the areas of total, visceral and subcutaneous fat. Results: Of the 40 patients, 10 had grade II obesity, 23 grade III and 7 superobese. The amount of total fat showed an increase in relation to the degree of obesity. Visceral fat did not show significant differences between the degrees of obesity, but the data showed a lower average in the group of obesity grade II. The area of subcutaneous fat, as well as total fat, showed an increase in its measurements, according to the progression of the patients’ BMI, but there was no statistical significance in this difference between the groups of grade II and super-obese individuals. Conclusion: The area of total and subcutaneous fat showed an increase in its measurements according to the progression of the BMI groups, which did not happen with visceral fat. |
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spelling | doaj.art-b3abbcca374241558be28ffbfd005d082022-12-21T19:33:38ZengColégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia DigestivaABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva0102-67202022-01-0134310.1590/0102-672020210003e1591HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY CAN MEASURE SUBCUTANEOUS, VISCERAL AND TOTAL FAT AREAS?Guilherme WENDLERhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4074-9521Paulo Afonso Nunes NASSIFhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1752-5837Osvaldo MALAFAIAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1829-7071Eduardo WENDLERhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4711-6169Ilana Barrichello Torres WENDLERhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3737-8395Luiza Marcelli CIRPIANIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8215-0461ABSTRACT Background: Abdominal obesity or android obesity, that is, the increase in adipose tissue in the abdominal region, is considered a risk factor for several morbidities. Different ways of quantifying it have been proposed, one method is the measurement of the abdominal fat area by computed tomography. Aim: To establish correspondence between the groups defined by degree of obesity in relation to the total, subcutaneous and visceral fat area. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study carried out through the analysis of tomographic examinations. Horos v3.3.5 medical image visualization software was used, with abdominal tomography in a single cut including the L4 vertebral body and the umbilical scar, to obtain the areas of total, visceral and subcutaneous fat. Results: Of the 40 patients, 10 had grade II obesity, 23 grade III and 7 superobese. The amount of total fat showed an increase in relation to the degree of obesity. Visceral fat did not show significant differences between the degrees of obesity, but the data showed a lower average in the group of obesity grade II. The area of subcutaneous fat, as well as total fat, showed an increase in its measurements, according to the progression of the patients’ BMI, but there was no statistical significance in this difference between the groups of grade II and super-obese individuals. Conclusion: The area of total and subcutaneous fat showed an increase in its measurements according to the progression of the BMI groups, which did not happen with visceral fat.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-67202021000300303&tlng=enComputed tomographyObesityVisceral fatSubcutaneous fatTotal fat |
spellingShingle | Guilherme WENDLER Paulo Afonso Nunes NASSIF Osvaldo MALAFAIA Eduardo WENDLER Ilana Barrichello Torres WENDLER Luiza Marcelli CIRPIANI HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY CAN MEASURE SUBCUTANEOUS, VISCERAL AND TOTAL FAT AREAS? ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva Computed tomography Obesity Visceral fat Subcutaneous fat Total fat |
title | HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY CAN MEASURE SUBCUTANEOUS, VISCERAL AND TOTAL FAT AREAS? |
title_full | HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY CAN MEASURE SUBCUTANEOUS, VISCERAL AND TOTAL FAT AREAS? |
title_fullStr | HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY CAN MEASURE SUBCUTANEOUS, VISCERAL AND TOTAL FAT AREAS? |
title_full_unstemmed | HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY CAN MEASURE SUBCUTANEOUS, VISCERAL AND TOTAL FAT AREAS? |
title_short | HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY CAN MEASURE SUBCUTANEOUS, VISCERAL AND TOTAL FAT AREAS? |
title_sort | helical computerized tomography can measure subcutaneous visceral and total fat areas |
topic | Computed tomography Obesity Visceral fat Subcutaneous fat Total fat |
url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-67202021000300303&tlng=en |
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