Abdominal fat accumulation is known to be strongly implicated in development of metabolic syndrome (MetS). We examined diagnostic values of obesity-related parameters in 95 men and 185 women, and we determined optimal cutoff values of visceral fat area (VFA) and waist circumference (WC) for predicting the presence of multiple non-adipose components of MetS. Receiver operating characteristic (RO...

AIM The aim of this study is to develop a simple method for estimating visceral fat area (VFA) using medical examination data. METHODS The study subjects were 100 males who had undergone medical examinations and computed tomography (CT) at the umbilicus level. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to estimate VFA. The Bland & Altman Method was used to examine the tendency for mean differ...

BACKGROUND In the general population, metabolic syndrome (MetS) is correlated with visceral fat and a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, little is known about the significance of abdominal fat and its association with inflammation and medication use in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. We investigated the relationship of visceral fat area (VFA) with C-reactive protein (CRP)...

Current mechanistic anaerobic digestion (AD) models cannot accurately represent the underlying processes occurring during food waste (FW) AD. This work presents an update of Anaerobic Digestion Model no. 1 (ADM1) to provide accurate estimations free ammonia concentrations and related inhibition thresholds, model syntrophic acetate oxidation as acetate-consuming pathway. A modified Davies equati...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the chemical composition Black Soldier Fly (BSF) maggot grown in tea waste or sago pulp medium and their effects on fermentability digestibility (in vitro). A randomized block design with 3 dietary treatments 4 groups rumen source from different sheep used study. Dietary consisted P1 = soybean meal protein ration, P2 BSF ration waste, P3 pulp. data we...

Three screening strategies: 1) Spine radiography (X-ray) following Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA), 2) VFA only, and 3) X-ray only, for every two years were compared using a Markov model based on administrative data from South Korea over a 10-year period in a population aged ≥50 years. Maybe also refer to the fact that having analyzed Korean data in abstract and title? Response In the Marko...

To evaluate the impact of visceral obesity on laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (TME) and decide the best index to reflect completion of mesorectum and perioperative outcomes.Patients with rectal cancer who underwent laparoscopic TME were enrolled. The data including body mass index (BMI), visceral fat area (VFA), visceral fat area/body surface area (VFA/BSA), mesorectum fat ratio (MFR), p...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of mortality among post-menopausal women. Our objective was to determine whether or not lateral spine images obtained on a bone densitometer to detect prevalent vertebral fracture can also accurately detect radiographic abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease independent of clinical risk...

Accumulation of visceral fat leads to metabolic syndrome and increases risks of cerebro-cardiovascular diseases, which should be recognized and improved at the early stage in general population. Accurate measurement of visceral fat area (VFA) is commonly performed by the abdominal cross-sectional image measured by computed tomography scan, which is, however, limited due to the radiation exposur...

I . Wild rabbits were caught during both phases of the excretory cyclc and their gut contents were analysed for volatile fatty acids (VFA). 2. All rabbits were found to have high concentrations of VFA in the caecum and in the proximal colon. Acetic was the most abundant acid followed by n-butyric, then propionic. 3. VFA concentrations in the caecum and in the proximal colon of rabbits caught du...