Novel and Simple Ultrasonographic Methods for Estimating the Abdominal Visceral Fat Area

Figure 2

The correlations between the VFA calculated by US method and each of the parameters are shown. (a) Triangle method and waist circumference (). (b) Ellipse method and waist circumference (). (c) Triangle method and BMI (). (d) Ellipse method and BMI (). (e) Triangle method and VFA by CT (). (f) Ellipse method and VFA by CT (). The correlations between the risk factors for metabolic syndrome and each parameter are shown. (g) Waist circumference. (h) VFA by CT. (i) Triangle method. (j) Ellipse method. ,

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