Added values of DXA-derived visceral adipose tissue to discriminate cardiometabolic risks in pre-pubertal children.

BACKGROUND:The new generation of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanners provide visceral adipose tissue (VAT) estimates by applying different algorithms to the conventional DXA-derived fat parameters such as total fat, trunk fat and android fat for the same image data. OBJECTIVE:This cross-...

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Main Authors: Li-Wen Lee, Chu-Jung Hsieh, Yun-Hsuan Wu, Yu-San Liao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233053