Rama Jayasundar1, Ankur Poddar2, Ariachery Ammini3, Ashok Kumar Mukhopadhyay4
1Department of NMR, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India; 2Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India; 3Department of Endocrinology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India; 4Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India
In this study on 30 volunteers, fat (considered a risk factor for some diseases) assessed using MRI, Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) and Bio-impedance analysis (BIA) are compared and correlated. The results indicate the following : MRI evaluated abdominal fat correlated well with trunk fat (DEXA) and body fat (BIA); good correlation between measurements in thigh region (MRI) and legs (DEXA); while abdominal fat is an indicator of body fat, that from the thigh region is not. The three techniques can be used interchangeably for estimating abdominal fat but MRI has the additional advantage of giving information on fat distribution.
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