1. Perirenal fat thickness measured with computed tomography is a reliable estimate of perirenal fat mass
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Caroline Grangeon-Chapon, Guillaume Favre, Florence François-Chalmin, Vincent L.M. Esnault, Antonio Iannelli, and Charles Raffaelli
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Physiology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Adipose tissue ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Overweight ,Kidney ,Biochemistry ,Diagnostic Radiology ,Body Mass Index ,Fats ,0302 clinical medicine ,Immune Physiology ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Body Fat Distribution ,lcsh:Science ,Tomography ,Observer Variation ,Innate Immune System ,Multidisciplinary ,Anthropometry ,Radiology and Imaging ,Middle Aged ,Lipids ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Adipose Tissue ,Physiological Parameters ,Cytokines ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Anatomy ,Waist Circumference ,Research Article ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Waist ,Intra-Abdominal Fat ,Imaging Techniques ,Immunology ,Urology ,Adipokine ,Neuroimaging ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Adipose capsule of kidney ,03 medical and health sciences ,Sex Factors ,Adipokines ,Diagnostic Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Obesity ,Renal sinus ,Aged ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Body Weight ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Kidneys ,Renal System ,Molecular Development ,Computed Axial Tomography ,030104 developmental biology ,Biological Tissue ,Immune System ,lcsh:Q ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Body mass index ,Developmental Biology ,Neuroscience - Abstract
Deposition of perirenal adipose tissue has been associated with adverse renal and cardiovascular events. We compared various methods to measure perirenal adipose tissue using computerized tomography (CT)-scan and performed correlations with anthropometric measures associated with renal and cardiovascular events. Voluntary overweight and obese subjects undergoing a CT-scan for diagnostic purposes were included in the study. Perirenal adipose tissue volume, adipose tissue area of the renal sinus and perirenal fat thickness were manually measured bilaterally. The intra- and inter-observer coefficient correlations and the correlation between the diverse measures of renal adipose tissue, subcutaneous (SC-)fat and anthropometrics measures were analyzed using Pearson's correlation tests. The forty included patients (24 men, 16 women) had a mean age of 57.6 ± 18.1 years and a mean body mass index of 28.9 ± 2.9 kg/m2. Despite comparable waist circumference, women had a greater SC-fat thickness compared to men, and therefore a smaller amount of visceral fat, as well as smaller perirenal fat volumes. Perirenal fat thickness was better correlated with perirenal fat volume than adipose area of the renal sinus (p
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- 2017