ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT THICKNESS MEASURED BY ULTRASOUND AS A PREDICTOR OF TOTAL FAT MASS IN YOUNG- AND MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS

Torgutalp S. S. , Korkusuz F.

ACTA ENDOCRINOLOGICA-BUCHAREST, vol.18, no.1, pp.58-63, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.4183/aeb.2022.58
  • Journal Name: ACTA ENDOCRINOLOGICA-BUCHAREST
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE
  • Page Numbers: pp.58-63
  • Keywords: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, anthropometry, body composition, concordance correlation coefficient, BODY-COMPOSITION, VALIDATION

Abstract

Context. Predictive equations estimate total fat mass obtained from multiple-site ultrasound measurements; however, the predictive equation of total fat mass has not been investigated solely from abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness.