Visceral Fat Area Measured by Abdominal Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in School-Aged Japanese Children

Abdominal bioelectrical impedance analysis (aBIA) has been in use to measure visceral fat area (VFA) in adults. Accurately measuring visceral fat using aBIA in children is challenging. Forty-six school-aged Japanese children aged 6–17 years (25 boys and 21 girls) were included in this study. All wer...

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Published in:Journal of clinical medicine 2022-07, Vol.11 (14), p.4148
Main Authors: Abe, Yuriko, Tonouchi, Ryousuke, Hara, Mitsuhiko, Okada, Tomoo, Jego, Eric H., Taniguchi, Tetsuya, Koshinaga, Tsugumichi, Morioka, Ichiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Body composition
Body mass index
Children & youth
Clinical medicine
Diabetes
Girls
Immunoassay
Laboratories
Liver diseases
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical equipment
Metabolism
Obesity
Patients
Radiation
Values
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Summary:Abdominal bioelectrical impedance analysis (aBIA) has been in use to measure visceral fat area (VFA) in adults. Accurately measuring visceral fat using aBIA in children is challenging. Forty-six school-aged Japanese children aged 6–17 years (25 boys and 21 girls) were included in this study. All were measured, and their VFA obtained using aBIA (VFA-aBIA) and abdominal computed tomography (CT) (VFA-CT) were compared. VFA-aBIA was corrected using the Passing–Bablok method (corrected VFA-aBIA). The relationships between corrected VFA-aBIA and obesity-related clinical factors were analyzed, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and serum leptin and adiponectin levels. Boys had higher VFA-CT than girls (p = 0.042), although no significant differences were found in their waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio, and body mass index. The corrected VFA-aBIA using y = 9.600 + 0.3825x (boys) and y = 7.607 + 0.3661x (girls) correlated with VFA-CT in both boys and girls. The corrected VFA-aBIA in patients with NAFLD was higher than that in those without NAFLD. Serum leptin and adiponectin levels were positively and negatively correlated with corrected VFA-aBIA, respectively. In conclusion, corrected VFA-aBIA was clearly correlated with VFA-CT and was related to NAFLD and serum leptin and adiponectin levels in school-aged Japanese children.
ISSN:2077-0383
2077-0383
DOI:10.3390/jcm11144148