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Measurement Of Intra-abdominal Fat Thickness Using Ultrasound For Visceral Fat Estimation
Robby Hermawan, Irma H. Hikmat, Ristaniah D. Soetikno, Eko Supriyanto, Saravana Kumar Jaganathan
Universitas Padjadjaran, Recent Advances On Biomedical Sciences Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Bioengineering (BIO '15) Seoul, South Korea September 5-7, 2015, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Health Science and Biomedical Systems (HSBS '15) Sliema, Malta August 17-19, 2015, ISSN: 1790-5125, ISBN: 978-1-61804-334-4, www.wseas.org
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Universitas Padjadjaran, Recent Advances On Biomedical Sciences Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Bioengineering (BIO '15) Seoul, South Korea September 5-7, 2015, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Health Science and Biomedical Systems (HSBS '15) Sliema, Malta August 17-19, 2015, ISSN: 1790-5125, ISBN: 978-1-61804-334-4, www.wseas.org
intra-abdominal fat thickness, measurement location, ultrasonography, visceral fat
Visceral fat is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorder. Intra-abdominal fat thickness that is measured using ultrasonography is a method for assessing visceral fat that have been confirmed in a large number of studies, but the location of the measurement has not been standardized. This research assessed the influence of the measurement location by comparing the intra-abdominal fat thickness in 1 cm and 5 cm above the umbilicus. The difference in difficulty of intra-abdominal fat thickness measurement is also assessed. The research subject consists of 40 volunteers. Paired student’s t-test shows that the mean difference of intra-abdominal fat thickness between those two different location is 0.12 cm (CI95% -0.19 ? 0.27 cm) with p = 0.089. The correlation value between intra-abdominal fat thickness that was measured 1 cm and 5 cm above the umbilicus and visceral fat area that was measured using CT scan, respectively are 0.834 and 0.829. The correlation difference test for those two values shows p = 0.96. Comparison of difficulty in measuring the intra-abdominal fat thickness between 1 cm and 5 cm above the umbilicus was tested using McNemar test that give p = 0.016 with higher proportion of easy measurement at 5 cm above the umbilicus. So, it can be concluded that both 1 cm and 5 cm above the umbilicus measurement location for intra-abdominal fat thickness can be used to assess the visceral fat but intra-abdominal fat thickness is easier to be measured at 5 cm above umbilicus.