The relationship between DXA-based and anthropometric measures of visceral fat and morbidity in women

Table 2 Validation sample (n = 54) correlation coefficients between CT visceral adipose fat (VAT) area, anthropometric and abdominal fat measures

	VAT	BC	Sub.CSA	Total CSA	SD	WC	TID	TED	SFW	DXA	BMI
BC	0.85
Sub. CSA	0.58	0.44
Total CSA	0.81	0.80	0.90
SD	0.84	0.80	0.84	0.96
WC	0.86	0.77	0.83	0.94	0.94
TID	0.66	0.72	0.46	0.67	0.61	0.65
TED	0.66	0.56	0.89	0.87	0.82	0.85	0.62
SFW	0.43	0.26	0.83	0.69	0.66	0.67	0.17	0.88
DXA	0.79	0.56	0.68	0.74	0.76	0.77	0.56	0.75	0.6
BMI	0.71	0.60	0.80	0.84	0.83	0.82	0.57	0.85	0.72	0.79
Weight	0.67	0.64	0.77	0.84	0.76	0.81	0.69	0.88	0.68	0.69	0.86

All measures presented here are based upon CT scan images apart from DXA total abdominal fat, BMI and weight. Abbreviations and units: BC, body cavity area (cm²), BMI, body mass index (kg/m²), CSA, body cross-sectional area (cm²) at L4:L5, DXA, DXA-measured total abdominal fat (kg), SD, sagittal depth (cm), Sub.CSA, subcutaneous cross sectional area, SFW, subcutaneous fat width (cm), TED, transverse external diameter (cm), TID, transverse internal diameter (cm), VAT, visceral adipose tissue (cm²), WC, waist circumference (cm) derived from the CT-image, weight (kg).

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