University of Minnesota
Visceral fat measurement is assessed for ability to predict cardiovascular disease risk
Published in Law and Health Weekly, April 8th, 2006
According to recent research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, "Intra-abdominal fat (IAF) area is often measured indirectly in epidemiologic studies. The authors recruited 147 participants from the second examination (1990-1992) of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study to examine IAF area and determine whether there were differences in IAF area and distribution by location."
M. Warren and colleagues at the University of Minnesota described, "Magnetic resonance imaging was used to image four 10-mm slices...
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