The Liver Fat Fraction and Abdominal Subcutaneous and Visceral Fat Volume Distribution in Normal-Weight, Overweight, and Obese Children Using a New Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technique

PİRİMOĞLU R. B., SADE R., Islek A., Kantarci M.

JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY, vol.43, no.2, pp.194-199, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/rct.0000000000000803
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.194-199
  • Keywords: children, liver fat fraction, MRI, subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, HEPATIC STEATOSIS, QUANTIFICATION, DENSITY, FIBROSIS, ULTRASOUND, DIAGNOSIS, PATTERNS, DISEASE
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate liver fat fraction and subcutaneous and visceral fat volumes using new magnetic resonance imaging in normal-weight, overweight, and obese children. Methods Patients at below the 85th percentile of body mass index (BMI) z score (5/25 patients) were assigned to the normal-weight group; patients between 85th and 95th percentile of BMI z score (9/25 patients) were assigned to the overweight group, and patients above the 95th percentile of BMI z score (11/25 patients) were assigned to the obese group. Liver fat fraction and subcutaneous and visceral fat volumes were measured on 3-dimensional volume measurement workstation. Results Liver fat fraction and subcutaneous fat volume had weak correlation (r = 0.18, P = 0.411). Liver fat fraction and visceral fat volume revealed weak correlation (r = 0.25, P = 0.672); visceral and subcutaneous fat volume demonstrated strong correlation (r = 0.67, P = 0.047). Conclusions There is strong correlation between subcutaneous fat volume and visceral fat volume in overweight and obese children.