Owens et al reported a simple equation for predicting visceral adipose tissue in an obese pediatric patient. The authors are from Georgia Prevention Institute and Medical College of Georgia.
Patient: age 7-16 years of age, obese
Outcome: area of visceral adipose tissue seen in T1 abdominal MRI section at L4-L5
Parameters:
(1) ethnicity
(2) supine sagittal diameter in cm (midpoint between left and right iliac crests after normal exhalation)
(3) waist to hip ratio
Parameter
Finding
Points
ethnicity
black
0
white
16.67
sagittal diameter
4.15 * (diameter)
waist to hip ratio
100.89 * (ratio)
predicted visceral adipose tissue in in square cm =
= SUM(points for all of the parameters) - 124.06
Measurement error: 23.9%
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