Table 3 Summary of literature recommendations for SAT and TAT quantification.
From: Anthropometric estimators of abdominal fat volume in adults with overweight and obesity
Study | Population | Modality | Anthropometry | Mean BMI | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SAT | |||||
Ludescher et al. 2009 [25] | 48 female 20 male | MRI | Skin fold BI WHR BMI SAT thickness D: M. rectus abd. to aorta | 24 | Skin fold (rp = 0.662) BI (rp = 0.7) Anthropometric data (rp = 0.7-0.4) |
Yim et al. 2010 [21] | (i) BMI ≥ 25 328 female 1498 male (ii) BMI < 25 1513 female 1761 male | CT | SAD TAD BMI WC | 24 | (i) F: SAD (r = 0.537), TAD (r = 0.769), BMI (r = 0.521), WC (r = 0.697) M: SAD (r = 0.527), TAD (r = 0.624), BMI (r = 0.402), WC (r = 0.689) |
Mantatzis et al. 2014 [17] | (i) diabetic 38 male (ii) non-diabetic 38 male | MRI | WC BMI HC WHR BI | 32 30 | (i) M: WC (rp = 0.708), BMI (rp = 0.692), HC (rp = 0.856), WHR (rp = 0.138), BI (rp = 0.565) (ii) M: WC (rp = 0.785), BMI (rp = 0.733), HC (rp = 0.850), WHR (rp = 0.333), BI (rp = 0.644) |
Incio et al., 2018 [29] | 99 female (breast cancer) | CT | BMI | 28 | F: BMI (rs = 0.799) |
Present study, 2022 | 110 female 75 male | MRI | BMI HC WC | 34 32 | F:BMI (rp = 0.768), HC (rp = 0.752), WC (rp = 0.708) M:BMI (rp = 0.682), HC (rp = 0.718), WC (rp = 0.765) |
TAT | |||||
Eloi et al., 2017 [30] | (i) obese adolescents 13 female 11 male (ii) healthy adolescents 16 female 17 male | MRI | BMI WC WHR | 26 | Note: only TAT area at L3-L4 (i) BMI (r = 0.875), WC (r = 0.907), WHR (r = 0.862) (ii) BMI (r = 0.451), WC (r = 0.474), WHR (r = 0.133) |
Browning et al., 2011 [22] | 60 female 60 male | MRI | BMI WC (midpoint, umbilical) | 27 28 | F: BMI (rp = 0.91), WC midpoint (rp = 0.91), WC umbilical (rp = 0.88) M: BMI (rp = 0.92), WC midpoint (rp = 0.96), WC umbilical (rp = 0.96) |
Neamat-Allah et al., 2015 [23] | 594 female 598 male | MRI | BMI HC WC | 26 27 | F: BMI (rp = 0.95), HC (rp = 0.94), WC (rp = 0.88) M: BMI (rp = 0.89), HC (rp = 0.84), WC (rp = 0.91) |
Al-Gindan et al., 2017 [24] | 110 female 94 male | MRI | BMI HC WC WHR | 25 | F: BMI (R2 = 0.824), HC (R2 = 0.811), WC (R2 = 0.775), WHR (R2 = 0.025) M: BMI (R2 = 0.658), HC (R2 = 0.722), WC (R2 = 0.768), WHR (R2 = 0.355) |
Present study, 2022 | 110 female 75 male | MRI | BMI HC WC | 34 32 | F: BMI (rp = 0.771), HC (rp = 0.730), WC (rp = 0.769) M: BMI (rp = 0.681), HC (rp = 0.688), WC (rp = 0.839) |
