Inga Schlecht1, Philipp Wiggermann2, Gundula Behrens3, Beate Fischer3, Manja Koch4, Johanna Freese5, Diana Rubin6, Ute Nöthlings5, Christian Stroszczynski2, Michael F Leitzmann3. 1. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. Electronic address: Inga.Schlecht@klinik.uni-regensburg.de. 2. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. 3. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. 4. Department of Epidemiology, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Niemannsweg 11, 24105 Kiel, Germany. 5. Section of Nutritional Epidemiology, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, Endenicher Allee 11-13, 53115 Bonn, Germany. 6. Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Interdisziplinäres Stoffwechsel-Centrum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ultrasound represents a low-cost and widely available field method for assessing visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) but its measurement properties are uncertain. The aim of the current study was to examine the reproducibility and validity of ultrasound to quantify abdominal fat compartments. METHODS: In two study centers, VAT and SAT thicknesses were quantified by ultrasound two times by two observers each among 127 adults aged 20-70 years. In a separate sample of 30 adults, the ultrasound method was validated by comparing VAT and SAT thicknesses with VAT and SAT areas at vertebrae L2/L3 as obtained by a single magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) slice. RESULTS: For VAT, the intra-rater reproducibility values for observers 1 and 2 were r=0.996 (95% CI=0.994-0.997) and r=0.999 (95% CI=0.999-0.999), respectively. For SAT, the intra-rater reproducibility values were r=0.992 (95% CI=0.989-0.994) and r=0.993 (95% CI=0.990-0.995), respectively. The inter-rater reproducibility values for VAT and SAT were r=0.998 (95% CI=0.997-0.999) and r=0.990 (95% CI=0.986-0.993), respectively. For VAT and SAT, the correlation coefficients between ultrasound and MRI measurements were r=0.898 (P<0.001) and r=0.705 (P<0.001), respectively. CONCLUSION: Ultrasound provides reproducible and valid estimates of VAT and SAT and represents a useful method to assess abdominal fat in large scale epidemiologic studies.
BACKGROUND: Ultrasound represents a low-cost and widely available field method for assessing visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) but its measurement properties are uncertain. The aim of the current study was to examine the reproducibility and validity of ultrasound to quantify abdominal fat compartments. METHODS: In two study centers, VAT and SAT thicknesses were quantified by ultrasound two times by two observers each among 127 adults aged 20-70 years. In a separate sample of 30 adults, the ultrasound method was validated by comparing VAT and SAT thicknesses with VAT and SAT areas at vertebrae L2/L3 as obtained by a single magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) slice. RESULTS: For VAT, the intra-rater reproducibility values for observers 1 and 2 were r=0.996 (95% CI=0.994-0.997) and r=0.999 (95% CI=0.999-0.999), respectively. For SAT, the intra-rater reproducibility values were r=0.992 (95% CI=0.989-0.994) and r=0.993 (95% CI=0.990-0.995), respectively. The inter-rater reproducibility values for VAT and SAT were r=0.998 (95% CI=0.997-0.999) and r=0.990 (95% CI=0.986-0.993), respectively. For VAT and SAT, the correlation coefficients between ultrasound and MRI measurements were r=0.898 (P<0.001) and r=0.705 (P<0.001), respectively. CONCLUSION: Ultrasound provides reproducible and valid estimates of VAT and SAT and represents a useful method to assess abdominal fat in large scale epidemiologic studies.
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