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Abstract #1622

Effect of Weight Loss and Regional Differences in Abdominal Adipose Tissue Hydration

Suresh Anand Sadananthan 1 , Navin Michael 1 , Eric Yin Hao Khoo 2 , Melvin Khee-Shing Leow 1,3 , Chin Meng Khoo 2 , Kavita Venkataraman 4 , Yung Seng Lee 1,5 , Yap Seng Chong 1,6 , Peter D. Gluckman 1 , E. Shyong Tai 2 , and S. Sendhil Velan 7,8

1 Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR, Singapore, 2 Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 3 Department of Endocrinology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, 4 Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 5 Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 6 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 7 Singapore BioImaging Consortium, A*STAR, Singapore, 8 Clinical Imaging Research Centre, A*STAR, Singapore

Weight loss alters the levels of liver, muscle and abdominal fat and also results in increased insulin sensitivity. Earlier studies using indirect measurements of subcutaneous adipose tissue water content have shown increase in the water content following weight loss intervention. Reduced water content is strongly associated with hypertrophic expansion of the adipose tissue. In this study, we have investigated the use of 1 H MRS to noninvasively quantify the changes in adipose tissue water content with weight loss intervention. Furthermore, we have looked at the regional differences in the water content in DSAT, SSAT and VAT depots pre- and post-intervention.

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