Quantification of Intra-Abdominal Fat During Controlled Weight Reduction: Assessment Using the Water-Suppressed Breath-Hold MRI Technique

Title:

Quantification of Intra-Abdominal Fat During Controlled Weight Reduction: Assessment Using the Water-Suppressed Breath-Hold MRI Technique

Creator:

Tintěra, J., Harantová, P., Suchánek, P., Dvořáková, A., Adamová, A., Hájek, M., and Poledne, R.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:1f420c98-bc56-4224-b569-d83199929e69
uuid:1f420c98-bc56-4224-b569-d83199929e69

Subject:

Intra-abdominal adipose tissue, MRI, and Weight loss

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

A group of 14 healthy female subjects was studied using MRI during 2 months of life-style intervention. A series of 21 water-suppressed images was used to determine the intra-abdominal fat volume before and after the controlled loss of weight. The average weight decrease was 8.2 %, but the average relative loss of visceral fat was 20.3 %, whereas subcutaneous fat decreased by 13.4 %. A small but significant increase of insulin sensitivity (decrease in fasting insulin and blood glucose) was observed, but no changes in lipoprotein parameters were demonstrated. There was a significant negative correlation (r=–0.633, p=0.028) between the relative abdominal fat decrease and the initial amount of subcutaneous fat.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Source:

Physiological research | 2004 Volume:53 | Number:2

Harvested from:

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Metadata only:

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