Abdominal adiposity by ultrasonography: A “pocket” database for reference standard in Italian people

Aims To provide a reference standard database of ultrasonographic parameters of abdominal adiposity in healthy people. Methods Italian non-obese volunteers among blood donors were enrolled in 5 age bands (from 18 to 70 year-old) to reach the threshold of 25 males and 25 females per single band (total: 250). All subjects were measured for weight, height and waist circumference and underwent ultrasonography (US) by an expert radiologist for the...